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Croydon 1930
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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Table XVI.
The following table shows the premises in the Borough at which foodstuffs are known to be sold, manufactured or stored:—
| General Shops | 177 |
| Grocers and Provision Shops | 546 |
| Greengrocers and Fruiterers | 365 |
| Confectioners, Bakers, and Pie Makers | 482 |
| Ice-Cream Shops | 234 |
| Hotel and Restaurant Kitchens and Dining Rooms | 222 |
| Butchers | 211 |
| Fishmongers (including fried fish shops) | 123 |
| Ham and Beef Shops | 46 |
| Sweet Manufacturers | 7 |
| Other Food Premises | 19 |
| 2,421 |
In addition to the premises in t'he above table, there are the
following food premises, referred to in other paragraphs of this
report:—Slaughterhouses and dairies, cowsheds and milkshops
on the registers. Further, there are a large number of stalls and
barrows used for food purposes in different areas in the Borough
and forming street markets. There are also barrows and other
vehicles which are used bv hawkers, etc., for the selling of foodstuffs,
but it is difficult to estimate the actual number in use, as
this varies daily. All these barrows and vehicles, wherever found,
are inspected by the food inspectors.
PUBLIC SLAUGHTERHOUSES, PITLAKE, AND MEAT
INSPECTION.
These slaughterhouses, although the buildings were not
originally intended for such, comprise twelve slaughterhouses with
lairage attached. In addition a gut cleaning firm utilises one
building on the premises. Of the twelve slaughterhouses six,
with lairage attached, are let on agreement to tenant butchers, and
the remainder are used for public slaughtering, for which head
rate tolls are charged.
The following animals were slaughtered at the Public
Slaughterhouses during 1930 : —