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INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD.
The inspection of food premises has been maintained throughout
the year and special attention has been given to butchers' shops, registered
premises, and street stalls.
The standard of cleanliness has been satisfactory.
Considerable details are given later in this report on the matter
of Imported food, but I should like to mention here a condition which
was found to be present in English Poultry. Special attention has been
given by my Inspectors to the examination of fowls, and it has been
found that in hens which to all external appearances seemed to be perfect
birds, when subjected to a detailed examination, the internal organs of
many were found to be diseased. A percentage examination has been
made and is still being continued, the average result shewing that 3J per
cent, of the birds inspected are unsound.
SLAUGHTER -HOUSES.
There are 4 slaughter-houses in the Borough which are licensed
annually.

During the year, 170 oxen. 1,599 sheep and 124 pigs were
slaughtered.
The total weight found to be unsound was 3 cwts. 3 qrs. 4 lbs. all
of which was destroyed.
PUBLIC HEALTH (LONDON) ACT, 1936, SECTION 187.
Registration of Premises for Sale, etc., of Ice Cream
and Preserved Food.