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Stoke Newington 1925

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stoke Newington, The Metropolitan Borough]

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Licences to use the designation "Pasteurized" were granted
to:
1. Supplemental License to Manor Farm Dairy, Ltd.
2. Supplemental License to Welford's and Premier Dairies,
Ltd.
3. Pasteurizer's License issued to J. Akam and Sons, Ltd.
No cows are now kept in the Borough.
During the previous year the Public Health Meat Regulations,
1924, were issued. These are designed to secure more adequate
inspection of animals slaughtered in this country and improvements in
the handling, transport and distribution of meat. The more noteworthy
provisions of the Regulations are the requirement of Notices
of Slaughtering and of evidence of disease to be given to the appropriate
officer of the Local Authority. When an animal is slaughtered
for sale for human consumption notice must be given to the Local
Authority and the carcase must be retained for a few hours to give
the Inspector an opportunity of inspecting it.
Owing to the uncertainty as to the nature of the precautions
which could be demanded to be taken to protect meat against road
dust and flies, several conferences were called for with representatives
of the trade and with the Metropolitan Medical Officers of Health.
Therefore, it was not before October, 1925 that the following letter
was addressed to the butchers in Stoke Newington:
PUBLIC HEALTH (MEAT) REGULATIONS, 1924.
Dear Sir,
I am instructed to notify you that the above Regulations
will be enforced from December 1st, 1925.
I would draw your attention to the following requirements
of the Regulations.
The occupier of any room in which any meat (including
bacon) is sold or exposed for sale or deposited for