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Hornsey 1942

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]

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OTHER HOUSING ACTIVITIES.
FAMILIES RE-HOUSED BY THE COUNCIL.—The Council
re-housed 24 families, representing 96 persons, from various roads in
the Borough.
INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD.
(Section E.)
DAIRIES AND MILKS HOPS.
At the end of the year the register showed 55 shops classed as
dairies. There were also 75 milkshops on the register, i.e., shops
where dairy produce is sold, but where it does not form the principal
trade.
Thirty-two of the dairies are situated outside Hornsey but deliver
milk within the Borough.
SPECIAL DESIGNATED MILK LICENCES.
Producers of, and dealers in, special designated milks are required
to obtain licences annually.
During the year licences were in force as follows:—
Sale of Pasteurised Milk 16
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FOOD CONDEMNED.
Meat 8 cwt. 59 lbs.
Tined meat 61 tins and 10 cwt. 99 lbs. 4 ozs.
Fish 28 tins and 12 cwt. 12 lbs.
Tinned Fruit 162 tins and 167 lbs. 8 ozs.
Tinned Vegetables 247 tins and 43 lbs.
Tinned Milk 169 tins.
Rabbits 8
Fruit 1 case and 102 lbs.
Vegetables 22 sacks cauliflowers, 4 cwt. 28 lbs.
onions, 11 cwt. 2 lbs. split and
dried peas.
Bacon 19½ lbs.
Cheese 3 cwt. 75 lbs.
Butter 36 lbs.
Sugar 53 lbs.
Syrup 1 lb. and 3 tins.
Eggs 57½ dozen.
Coffee 3 cwt. 29 lbs. and 4 bottles coffee
essence.
Flour 33 lbs.
Mixed Groceries 47 tins and 1 cwt. 35 lbs.
61 Horses were slaughtered and 44 lbs. Liver and 11 lbs. Lung
condemned.
FOOD CONDEMNED AS A RESULT OF
AIR RAID DAMAGE.
Flour 7 cwts.
Rolled Oats 7 lbs.
Sugar 12 lbs.
Tinned Fish 4 tins.
Tinned Vegetables 8 tins.
Mixed Groceries 4 lbs.