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Hampstead 1925

Report for the year 1925 of the Medical Officer of Health

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On the whole, the meat supply of the Borough is good, and very
little is ever seized or voluntarily surrendered.
Condemned meat or other food is disposed of at the Council's Depot.
The Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries has made an Order (the
Tuberculosis Order of 1925) providing for the slaughter of bovine
animals affected with certain specified forms of Tuberculosis, and by an
amending Order (Tuberculosis Order of 1925 (No. 2) ) it is provided that
notice of intention to slaughter shall be given to the Sanitary Authority
as well as to the owner of the animal in cases where it is intended that
the carcase, or any part thereof, should be disposed of for human
consumption, and that no part of the carcase shall be removed from the
premises for that purpose except with the permission in writing of the
Medical Officer of Health or other competent officer.
Administration of the Public Health (Meat) Regulations, 1924., as
regards stalls, shops, stores and rehictes.
These Regulations came into operation on 1st April, 1925. Their
aim is the more adequate inspection of slaughtering ; the improvement
in the handling, transport and distribution of meat; and the protection
from contamination of meat offered for sale at stalls and in shops, stores,
etc.
In London, the sanitary authorities already possessed considerable
powers in Section 8 of the London County Council (General Powers) Act,
1908, in relation to premises in which food is sold or prepared for sale;
and these powers were enlarged by the new Regulations.
The Public Health Committee, having given careful consideration
to the question of the enforcement of these Regulations, and being
desirous of securing the active co-operation of all concerned, invited
the butchers and meat traders of the Borough to discuss the matter
with them.
This Conference was held on Friday, 1st May, at the Town Hall,
the Chair being taken by Dr. W. Stanley George, Chairman of the
Public Health Committee, and proved to be of considerable interest,
the practical application of the Regulations being very fully and freely
discussed.
At a subsequent meeting of the Public Health Committee the
Regulations were again carefully considered, and while no definite
decisions were arrived at as to insistence upon the provision of plate
glass windows to shops, it was left to the Medical Officer of Health to
bring before the Committee any cases in which it was found that meat

Purpose of Licence.Number of Licence granted.
Supplementary Licence to sell milk from premises which are outside the area of the licensing authority1
Sale of "Pasteurised Milk."
Licence in respect of the establishment in which the process of pasteurising is carried on, and of any shop or other premises in the area of the same licensing authority from which the milk is sold-
Licence in respect of any other shop or other premises at or from which the milk is sold20
Supplementary Licence to sell milk from premises which are outside the area of the licensing authority1