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of slaughter of horses compulsory. In this Borough no
slaughtering of horses is carried on, but there are three establishments
dealing with the sale of horseflesh for human consumption,
two shops and one mobile stall, each of which is frequently
inspected. The horseflesh sold at these premises comes from
slaughtering establishments elsewhere, apart from frozen horseflesh
from New Zealand.
Hammersmith Clean Food Traders' Guild.
The Clean Food Traders' Guild, formed in 1948, continued
to function during the year under the Chairmanship of the ViceChairman
of the Health Committee. The Advisory Committee
responsible for the working of the Guild is composed of representatives
of the Health Committee, nominees of the various
Food Trades Associations and the local Chamber of Trade and
Commerce and representatives of the employees' Trade Unions.
Whilst a small number of traders allowed their membership
to lapse, additional members were enrolled and at the end of
the year the total membership was 120.
In accordance with the conditions of membership an annual
report upon each trader member's premises was submitted to
the Advisory Committee by the Public Health Department.
These reports indicated that, in general, the standard of hygiene
required by the Codes of Practice approved by the Guild was
well maintained.
A number of talks on "Food Hygiene," illustrated by film
strips, were given during the year to employees, school children
and women's organisations.
As a means of obtaining publicity to the work of the Guild
and to call attention to the Council's campaign for Cleaner Food,
a number of "shopping list" pads were prepared and distributed
to housewives through trader members, the cost being shared
between the trader members and the Council.