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Finsbury 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finsbury Borough]
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Bakehouses.
There are 29 bakehouses in use in the Borough, of which
20 are underground, and in 24 bakehouses machinery is used. The
bakehouses were visited regularly during the year, 262 visits of
inspection being made, and 33 notices were served for cleansing
and other matters.
The provisions of the Factories Act, 1937 (which came into force
on the 1st July, 1938), applying to underground bakehouses, has been
referred to on pp. 79-83 of this report.
On the 1st October, 1939, the Food and Drugs Act, 1938,
comes into force. This Act repeals the Sub-section 1 of Section
157, and the whole of Part I of the Third Schedule of the Factories
Act, 1937. This will result in the sanitary requirements for all
bakehouses, now enforced under the Factories Act, 1937, being
enforced under the Section 13 of the Food and Drugs Act, 1938,
which section lays down specific requirements to prevent the contamination
of all foods (except milk) intended for human consumption
the provisions of the Factories Act, 1937, relating to the control
of underground bakehouses, however, will not be affected.
| Name of Article. | Gen. | Adult. | Total. | Name of Article. | Gen. | Adult. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apricots | 2 | - | 2 | Milk | 173 | 9 | 182 |
| Barley, Pearl | 6 | — | 6 | Oatmeal | 1 | _ | 1 |
| Beef, corned | 5 | — | 5 | Peas, Split | 5 | _ | 5 |
| Black Pudding | 1 | — | 1 | Peel, candied | 2 | _ | 2 |
| Brawn | 17 | 2 | 19 | Powder, Lemonade | 1 | _ | 1 |
| Butter | 116 | — | 116 | Prunes | _ | ||
| Cheese | 41 | — | 41 | Raisins | 2 | - | 2 |
| Coconut | 2 | — | 2 | Rice | 27 | _ | 27 |
| Currants | 2 | — | 2 | Sago | 4 | _ | 4 |
| Dripping | 30 | — | 30 | Salad, dried Fruit | 5 | _ | 5 |
| Flakes, Oat | — | 1 | Sausage, breakfast | 2 | _ | 2 | |
| Fruit, dried mixed | 2 | — | 2 | Sausage, cooked | 7 | _ | 7 |
| Fruit, mixed | 7 | — | 7 | Sausages | 22 | 6 | 28 |
| Fruit, Salad dried | 1 | — | 1 | Smolina | 3 | - | 3 |
| Ham | 1 | — | 1 | Shortening | 1 | _ | 1 |
| Lard | 13 | — | 13 | Suet, Shredded | 5 | 5 | |
| Lentils | 1 | — | 1 | Sugar | 7 | _ | 7 |
| Macaroni | 3 | — | 3 | Sultanas | 14 | - | 14 |
| Maize Flour | 1 | — | Sweets | 10 | - | 10 | |
| Margarine | 34 | — | 34 | Tapioca | 2 | _ | 2 |
| Meat Roll | 2 | - | 2 | Tea Dust | — |