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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Marylebone 1940
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Marylebone, Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE 10.
Unsound Food Condemned and Destroyed.
| Meat- | Tinned Goods (cont.) - | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Beef | 234 lbs. | Sausages | 48 lbs. |
| Lamb | 60 | Casserole Steak | 38 tins |
| Pork | 19 | Jellied Veal | 14 |
| Pigs Heads | 836 | Ham | 11 |
| Pork Trimmings | 120 lbs. | Meat Roll | 3 |
| Pigs Kidneys | 3½ cwt. | Peas | 203 |
| Pigs Livers | 2½ | Cream | 15 |
| Pigs Plucks | 6 | Runner Beans | 10 „ |
| Ox Sweetbreads | 27 lbs. | Tongue | 6 „ |
| Spinach | 9 „ | ||
| Beetroot | 2 „ | ||
| Cod | 15 stone | Baked Beans | 2 „ |
| Cod Fillets | 7½cwt. | ||
| Haddock | 10 stone | ||
| Plaice | 21 lbs. | ||
| Herring | 4 boxes | Bacon 3 tons, | 16 cwt., 2 qrs. |
| Eels | 1 box | Eggs | 139 |
| Chickens | 38 | ||
| Raisins | 4 boxes | ||
| Corned Beef | 42 tins | Sultanas | 1 box |
| Boiled Beef | 23 „ | Dried Pears | 2 boxes |
| Brisket Beef | 11 „ | Mushrooms | 1 box |
| Brawn | 12 tins | Tomatoes | 7 bundles |
Public Health (Meat) Regulations, 1924.
These regulations continue to work smoothly. Frequent, inspections were made,
but in no case was action found to be necessary.
Slaughterhouses.
The only slaughterhouse in the Borough is that at the Zoological Society's
premises in Regent's Park. The slaughtering done is for the food of the animals
in the gardens and humane killers are used. Six inspections were made in 1940.
Slaughtermen.
Two licences to slaughter or stun animals, granted to skilled slaughtermen
pursuant to section 3 of the Slaughter of Animals Act, 1933, were renewed during
the year.
Offensive Businesses.
There was only one premises within the Borough where a business classed
as offensive was carried on, that being the slaughter of poultry. The food inspector
made 12 visits, but no cause for complaint was found.
Premises used for Food Preparation.
At the end of 1940, 108 premises were registered for the preparation or manufacture
of foods (other than ice cream) intended for sale, and 180 inspections were
made by the food inspector.
Ice Cream Premises.
The number of premises included in the register at the end of 1940 was 71.