London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Battersea 1921
Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1921
This page requires JavaScript
67
Protection of the Food Supply.
| Food. | Quantity. | Food. | Quantity. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dog fish | 1 box | Apricots | 1 tin |
| Haddocks | 2 boxes | Pineapples | 12 tins |
| Herrings | 3 „ | Tomatoes | 8 „ |
| Kippers | 40 „ | ||
| Ling | 1 box | ||
| Mackerel | 1 ,, | Cow | 1 |
| Mussels | 1 sack | Fowl | 1 |
| Plaice | 1 box | Lambs | 2 |
| Roe | 5 boxes | Ox livers | 75 lbs. |
| Salmon | 1 tin | 7 stone 6 lbs. | |
| Sprags | 1 box | Rabbits | 24 |
| Winkles | 1 sack | (frozen) | |
| Apples | 4 barrels | Condensed | 17 tins |
| Cherries | 20 chips | Evaporated | 1 tin |
| 4 bushels | |||
| Oranges | 28 cases | ||
| Tomatoes | 12 boxes | ||
| 30 bundles | |||
| 10 handles |
Butchers' Shops.
The number of butchers' shops in the Borough at the
beginning of the year 1921 was 78. Three new shops were
opened, and 2 premises that had been closed for two or three
years were re-opened, making a total number of 83 butchers'
premises carrying on business at the end of the year.
In the main these premises are well kept and are provided
with cold storage facilities. In most of them (about 75 per
cent.) the manufacture of sausages is carried on, either by handdriven
machines or by mechanical power.