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Barking 1957

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]

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Butchers Shops—Meat Supplies
There are 46 butchers shops in the Borough. Each is provided
with modern refrigerators, adequate sinks and wash-hand basins
with constant hot and cold water supplies.
Of these shops eleven are also fitted with modern refrigerated
window stalls for displaying meat.
Each of these butchers shops has a properly constructed glazed
front thus preventing contamination of the meat deposited for sale
to the public from dust and dirt from the streets and surroundings.
There are no slaughterhouses in the Borough. Meat supplies
generally are obtained from Smithfield Market, and arc of high standard.
Two meat retailers in the district have animals slaughtered at
their own slaughterhouses outside the area.
SWIMMING BATHS AND SWIMMING POOL
I am indebted to the Borough Engineer who is supplied me
with the following figures:—
East Street Baths:
Total bathers — 77,566.
Park Swimming Pool:
Total bathers — 99,117.
Slipper Baths'.
Total users — 39,713.
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