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Barking 1936

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]

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A licence was granted to one local firm for the bottling of Grade V A " (T.T.)
Milk, and one for the treatment and sale of milk as " pasteurised."
(b) Milk and Dairies Order, 1926.—One dairyman was prosecuted for filling
a bottle with milk at other than a registered dairy and was fined £2.
(c) Ice-Cream—Barking Corporation Act, 1933—Section 160.—There are 99
vendors registered, in accordance with this Act, of which 35 are manufacturers
with premises in Barking. Twelve vendors had premises outside the district.
Thirty-seven samples were submitted for bacteriological examination, four of
which were unsatisfactory.
2. MEAT AND OTHER FOODS.
(a) Meat.—There is one licensed slaughterhouse in the district. This licence
is renewable annually. The premises are situated in the centre of the town and
in view of the changing circumstances and developments taking place it may be
that the Council will be considering the continuance of slaughtering at these
premises.
The slaughterhouse was well conducted during the year.

The following table gives particulars of notifications received, and the animals slaughtered, during the nine years ended December 31st, 1936.

Year192819291930193119321933193419351936
Notifications Received1267264395734205236195
Cattle406480121041350447340
Pigs4091379320084185021131474
Sheep81542633217327024110381346748*
Calves71101119114015777
Totals1335837516386373301203030811639

* Includes 404 Lambs.

Diseased Meat was destroyed as under :—

Description.Disease.Weight.
84 beasts' lungsTuberculosis ...840 lbs.
1 ,, lungs ............Adhesions10 „
2 „ lungs ............Encysted Distoma Fasciola20 lbs.