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Battersea 1929

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough.

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77
Protection of Food Supply.
INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD.
Unsound Food.

Table: The following is a tabulated return of unsound foods which, under the provisions of Section 47(8) of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, were brought to the notice of the Sanitary Inspectors and voluntarily surrendered during 1929 :—

The following is a tabulated return of unsound foods which, under the provisions of Section 47(8) of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, were brought to the notice of the Sanitary Inspectors and voluntarily surrendered during 1929 :—

Food.Quantity.Food.Quantity.
Fish.Fruit & Vegetables(fresh).
Catfish1 box.Beans99 cases.
Escallops1 bag.Cherries56 baskets.
Haddock5 boxes.Gooseberries10 boxes.
Herrings1 box.Onions9 bags.
Kippers1 box.Tomatoes17 bundles.
Mackerel1 box.
Roes3 boxes.Meat & Poultry.
Roker wings2 stone.Beef22 lbs.
Sole1 box.Chicken2 cases (18 lbs)
Whiting4 boxes.Ox liver1 case (13 lbs.)
Winkles1 sack (6 gals).Pigs' collars14 pieces.
Pigs' heads15.
Pigs' lights2 sets.
Pigs' plucks5.
Pork63 lbs.
Rabbits23 lbs.

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Cow-houses.
There is now no licensed cow-house in the Borough.
Slaughter-houses.
There are only two slaughterhouses remaining in the Borough.
These premises are kept under systematic inspection, and
during the year 1929, 110 inspections were made by the Council's
inspector. The carcases of 60 animals (calves 3, sheep 39, and
pigs 18) were examined after slaughter.
The provisions of the Public Health (Meat) Regulations, 1924,
have been brought to the notice of the occupiers of these slaughter—
houses, and no contravention of the Regulations or By-laws
in regard to slaughterhouses were reported during the year.