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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Greenwich 1947
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Greenwich Borough]
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Food Rejected.—The amount of food rejected is shown in the following summary:—
| Shops, Stalls, etc.— | |
|---|---|
| Beef and Mutton trimmings | 2,3701½ lbs. |
| Beef Trimmings | 1,354 „ |
| Cooked Meats | 225 „ |
| Meat (Canned) | 1,118 „ |
| Bacon | 40 „ |
| Poultry | 24 „ |
| 5,131½ lbs. | |
| Fish | 2,345 lbs. |
| Provisions, various | 1,247 „ |
| „ „ (canned) | 1,918½ „ |
| Ex-Army Ration Packs | 2,505 „ |
| Ships Biscuits | 2,051 „ |
| Naval Block Chocolate | 9,240 „ |
| Corn Starch | 1,344 „ |
| Bread | 491 „ |
| Dates | 140 „ |
| Prunes | 25 „ |
| Cheese | 49 „ |
| Butter | 48 „ |
| 21,403½ lbs. |
Slaughterhouses.—Owing to the enforcement of the Livestock (Restriction of Slaughtering) Order, 1940, the two existing
slaughterhouses have not been used during the year.
Public Health (Meat) Regulations, 1924-1933.—These
regulations provide for the supervision of slaughterhouses, butchers'
shops, stalls, and the protection of meat against contamination by
dirt and flies, etc., in transport and handling.
Butchers' shops and stalls are under the constant supervision
of the Inspectors and proceedings are only instituted after flagrant
disregard of the Officer's warning. In no case was it found necessary
to caution Vendors during the year.
Miscellaneous structural and hygenic defects were remedied in
20 instances, for which work the necessary licences were obtained.
Public Health (Imported Food) Regulations.—The Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich with a river frontage of five miles,
with more than 30 wharves and two of London's largest and most
modern cold stores receives a considerable percentage of London's