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Hammersmith 1937

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith Borough]

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Certification of Certain Food Products for Export to the
Dominions.
No application was received for the certification of food
products for export to the Dominions.
Meat.—With regard to meat inspection, this important
commodity is kept under supervision by the
Inspectors in charge of the districts.
Most of the shops are now provided with glass fronts.
Public Health (Meat) Regulations, 1924.
The Public Health (Meat) Regulations, 1924, came
into operation on the 1st day of April, 1925.
The provision of these Regulations, regarding the giving
of notice to the local authority of the times of
slaughter, has enabled arrangements to be made for the
inspection of all carcases of animals slaughtered in the
local slaughterhouses.

I append the number of animals slaughtered and examined in the slaughterhouses during the year:—

Lambs20
Sheep28
Beasts2
Pigs68
Total118

No application has been received for the stamping of
carcases examined by the Sanitary Inspectors.