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parcels of fish were surrendered by the owners as unfit for food.
Condemnation certificates were granted in every case.
Fried Fish Shops.
During the year, 456 inspections of the 98 fried fish shops were
made of these premises. It was necessary to serve 22 notices requiring
cleansing work to be carried out.
Restaurants and Eating Houses.
The kitchens of restaurants and eating houses in this Borough
were regularly inspected to ensure that a reasonable standard of
cleanliness was maintained. It was necessary in 19 instances to
serve notices respecting unsatisfactory conditions found to exist at
these premises during the year under review.
Slaughterhouses.
The Public Health (Meat) Regulations, 1924, provide that no
person may slaughter any animal without giving notice to the
Sanitary Authority of his intention to slaughter. A summary
shewing the number of animals slaughtered and inspected by the
Council's Food Inspector at the two slaughterhouses during the year,
appears in the table below:—
Month. Cattle. Sheep. Lambs. Pigs. Calves. Totals.
January 5 40 12 4 61
February 4 30 21 4 59
March 4 47 16 3 70
April 4 37 4 2 47
May 4 37 — 4 45
June 4 42 — 4 50
July 3 39 — 2 44
August 3 41 — 3 47
September 4 32 11 2 49
October 4 25 14 2 45
November 3 32 12 3 50
December 5 26 18 1 50
Totals 47 428 108 34 617
The following table provides information relating to the nature
of the diseased meat condemned by the Food Inspector at the time
of slaughtering and which was subsequently destroyed at the
Council's Depot at Peckham Park Road, during the period January
to December, 1934.