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Bethnal Green 1933

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green Borough]

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Other Premises used for the Preparation or Sale
of Food.
There were 201 such premises on the register, the
majority being restaurant-kitchens or butchers' shops.
684 inspections were made during the year, and
arising out of such inspections 68 notices to remedy
faults or insanitary conditions were issued.
Slaughterhouses .
There are two licensed slaughterhouses in the
Borough, situated at:—
294, Bethnal Green Road.
354, Bethnal Green Road.
The licensing is now in the hands of the Borough
Council.
Visits were made to slaughterhouses by the Food
Inspector twice weekly during the year.
Public Health (Meat) Regulations, 1924.
During the year regular visits were made to the
slaughterhouses for the purpose of inspecting animals
before slaughter and their carcases and offal after
slaughter.
The number of animals killed was as follows:—
Lambs 120
Pigs 38
Total 158
These figures are less than half the number of
animals slaughtered in the previous year. No carcases
or offal were condemned.
Slaughterers of Poultry.
There are 8 slaughterhouses for poultry in use,
all of them situated in the West ward of the Borough:
174 visits were paid to them during the year. There