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Poplar 1926

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]

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72
MR. H. A. PEARCE.
Premises.
Inspections.
Intimations.
Notices.
Final Notices.
Prosecutions.
Bakehouses
140
78
1
-
-
Slaughterhouses
12
1
—
—
—
Cowhouses
27
—
—
—
—
Milkshops
226
21
4
1
—
Eating-houses
88
17
4
1
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Stalls
1080
-
—
—
—
Other places where
food is sold or prepared
463
133
18
4
-
Ice cream premises
103
27
3
1
-
Wharves where food is
prepared or stored,
etc
2
-
-
-
-
Fried Fish Vendors,
etc
104
89
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1
1
(6 months
only)
207 Market Inspections:- Morning, 135; Evening, 72.
Slaughterhouses:-267 visits.
Number of Carcases inspected:-
(а) Satisfactory 2031
(b) Unsatisfactory 21
(c) Condemned and destroyed or otherwise
disposed of (included in (b) above) 1 and parts of 20.*
Formal. Informal, Total
Number of Samples procured:-
(a) Under Sale of Food and Drugs Acts 390 33 423
(i) Number genuine 350 23 373
(ii) Number adulterated 40 10 50
(iii) Number poor quality, etc. (included in (i)
genuine above) 25 1 26
(b) Under Special Orders and Regulations 38 - 38
(i) Number genuine 28 - 28
(ii) Number unsatisfactory 10 - 10
(iii) Number poor quality, etc. (included in (i)
genuine above) - - -
Action taken in respect of unsatisfactory samples:-
(i) Summonses applied for 25 - 25
(ii) Letters of caution sent to vendors 18 - 18
(iii)Reported to Ministry of Agriculture, etc. 7 — 7
Public Health (Foreign Meat) Regulations—Certificates
issued by M.O.H. 19 (8 visits to factory).
Foodstuffs Inspected for Export:-
Sausages, 1 ton; Hams (American), 2 tons 5 cwt. 3 qrs. 18 lbs.
*Total weight of meat destroyed 1 ton 9 cwt. 2 qrs. 12 lbs.
1 Carcase; 7 Forequarters; 2 Hindquarters; 3 Short top pieces; 6 Sirloins;
3 Aitch bones; 1 Thick Hank; 8 Thin Hanks; 4 Clod and Stickings; 8 Briskets;
3 Mid ribs; 9 Fore ribs; 5 Rumps; 3 Thin skirts; 1 Top of ribs; 3 Breasts of
Mutton; 3 Bruised meat.