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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 1960
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Greenwich Borough.
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| Beef and Pork (Various cuts) | 550 lbs. | 1,358 lbs. |
| Beef (Argentine boneless) | 75 „ | |
| Mutton and Lamb (Various cuts) | 359 „ | |
| Offal (Lambs) | 35 ,. | |
| Offal (Ox) | 24 „ | |
| Pig Melts | 112 „ | |
| Pig Kidneys | 112 „ | |
| Bacon | 37 „ | |
| Veal | 10 „ | |
| Rabbits | 44 „ | |
| Foods (Various) (Canned) | 2,982 „ | 25,025 lbs. |
| Cooked Meats (Canned) | 1,828 „ | |
| Corned Beef (Canned) | 8,774 „ | |
| Chicken | 3 „ | |
| Dogfish | 77 „ | |
| Skate Wings | 42 „ | |
| Scampi | 35 „ | |
| Onions | 392 „ | |
| Potatoes | 10,864 „ | |
| Gound Rice | 28 „ | |
| Total | ||
| 26,383 lbs. | ||
Compared with the previous year, the amount of meat rejected
rose by 816 lbs. during 1960, and the total of all food rejected fell
by 11,689 lbs.
Public Health (Meat) Regulations, 1924/52.—These regulations
provide for the supervision of slaughterhouses, butcher's
shops, stalls and the protection of meat against contamination by
dirt and flies, etc., in transport and handling.
Butchers' Shops and Stalls.—These are under the constant
supervision of the Food Inspectors who made 84 visits of inspection
and arranged for the correction of insanitary defects at 6 premises.
As with other premises, legal proceedings are instituted only
after disregard of the Officer's warning and in no instance was it
necessary to resort to this procedure.
Slaughterhouses.—Two premises in the Borough originally
licensed as slaughterhouses have not been used as such since the
introduction of the Livestock (Restriction of Slaughtering) Order
1940. In both instances the premises are no longer to be used
as slaughterhouses and the issue of the appropriate licences has
therefore been discontinued.