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Report of the Medical Officer of Health for 1951
Meat
There are 216 butcher's shops in the Borough. The majority
are registered under Section 14(1) (b) of the Food and Drugs Act,
1938, for the preparation or manufacture of sausages or potted,
preserved, pickled or pressed foods. 3,168 visits were made to
these shops during the year.
Slaughter of Animals
There are three private slaughter-houses in the Borough and
they were visited on 43 occasions during the year.
Sixteen carcases of pigs were inspected before and after
slaughter. One mesentery and one liver were found to be diseased
and were condemned.
Slaughter of Animals Act, 1933-1951
Section 3 of this Act provides that no animal shall be
slaughtered or stunned in a slaughterhouse or knacker's yard by
any person who is not the holder of a licence granted by a local
authority and in force under this section.
During the year one application from a person desirous of
acting as a slaughterman was submitted to the Council and granted.
War Time Piggeries
There are now 12 war time piggeries in this Borough and they
were inspected on 45 occasions.
Unsound Food
142 varieties of foodstuffs suspected to be unsound were
examined at the request of the owners and afterwards either
destroyed or released for animal feeding. The owners were
granted a certificate to this effect.