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MEAT AND OTHER FOODS.
Registration of Food Premises.
Premises used for the sale, manufacture and storage of ice
cream or similar commodity, the manufacture of sausages, the
preparation or manufacture of potted, pressed, pickled or preserved
meat, fish or other food are required to be registered.
The number of such premises on the register at the end of the
year are set out below:—
Sale, manufacture or storage of ice cream 320
Manufacture of sausages 138
Preparation or manufacture of potted, pressed, pickled or
preserved meat 250
Preparation or manufacture of potted, pressed, pickled or
preserved fish 96
Preparation or manufacture of potted, pressed, pickled or
preserved other foods 24
Public Health (Meat) Regulations, 1924-1933.
These Regulations provide for the supervision of slaughterhouses,
butchers' shops and stalls, and the protection of meat
against contamination by dirt or flies in transport and handling.
Regular inspections were made and no infringements of the
Regulations were reported which justified any legal action being
taken.
Slaughterhouses.
There are three licensed slaughterhouses in the Borough.
The proprietors of one of these are pig breeders on a considerable
scale and at the request of the Ministry of Food were asked by
the Food Control Committee whether they would consent to the
slaughterhouse at their premises, which was used during the
war for emergency pig killing, being utilised as a licensed slaughtering
point in the Borough in order to lessen the possibility of
illegal pig killing. The nearest Government slaughtering
centre is at Woolwich and the other two licensed slaughterhouses
in Camberwell could not be used owing to damage by
enemy action. The proprietors agreed and applied for a licence
which was granted. During the year under review 14 pigs were
slaughtered for pig keepers in the Borough.