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Finsbury 1963
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finsbury Borough]
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MILK
The milk supply in the Borough is principally in the hands of three large distributors; the previous satisfactory condition has been maintained, andno special action has been required by the Department during the year.
| No. of Dairies on register at end of year | 9 | |||
| No. of Distribution Premises at end of year | 126 | |||
| No. of Designated milk licences issued during the year: | ||||
| Tuberculin Tested | 4 | |||
| Pasteurised | 3 | |||
| Sterilized | 3 | |||
| No. of samples submitted to Public Analyst | Satisfactory Unsatisfactory | |||
| 24 | Nil | |||
| No. of samples submitted for Bacteriological examination | 25 | Nil | ||
| All milk | C.I. Milk | |||
| Average fat content | 3.70 | 4.27 | ||
| Average non-fatty solids content | 8.62 | 8.93 | ||
| ICE CREAM | ||||
| Number of Premises registered for manufacture | 3 | |||
| do. | storage and sale | 155 | ||
| do. | storage only | 2 | ||
MEAT INSPECTION:
In the neighbourhood of the Smithfield Meat Market there are a
considerable number of wholesale butchers and offal shops, bacon and
provision warehouses, poultry, game and rabbit shops.
Most of these wholesale butchers trade in meat of a low quality
principally carcases of old cows, bulls, sheep, sow and boars, which
are 'boned out' for use in the manufacturing trade. It is due to the
high percentage of disease and other conditions of these carcases,that
a rigid inspection is maintained to make sure that meat unfit for human
consumption is not passed on to the Public.
Larger quantities of meat and offals are consigned to the Borough
and more wholesale butcher premises have opened during the year.
Consignments of Scandinavian and European offals and tinned hams
are continually being consigned, and condemnation of some of these have
taken place on several occasions.
The collection of unsound meat and other foodstuffs continue to
be satisfactorily collected by the Council,s contractor Messrs. Henson
& Burbidge Ltd., Matusa Works, Beckton, who render it down for technical
purposes.
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