Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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Table XXI
Animals affected. | Carcase and all internal organs destroyed. | Quarters or parts of carcase destroyed (including heads) | All or parts of organB destroyed. | Total. |
---|---|---|---|---|
Cattle (including calves) | 7 | 25 | 59 | 90 |
Pigs | 22 | 599 | 304 | 925 |
Total | 29 | 624 | 362 | 1015 |
General Food Inspection.
The following table gives a summary of the inspections made (luring the year (not including visits made to slaughterhouses or dairies, cowsheds and milkshops):—
Butchers | 2248 |
Fishmongers | 324 |
Fried Fish Shops | 133 |
Grocers | 1028 |
Greengrocers | 667 |
Poultry and Game Dealers | 106 |
Cooked and Prepared Meat Shops | 266 |
Bakers' Premises | 257 |
Confectioners' Premises | 805 |
Markets | 939 |
Hawkers' Carts and Barrows | 339 |
Hotel and other Kitchens, etc | 592 |
Ice Cream Manufacturers and Vendors | 335 |
General Shops | 500 |
Other premises | 82 |
8,621 |
The following articles of food were surrendered and destroyed during 1932:—
2 beef forequarters (Imported) | Unsound |
8 ,, hindquarters „ | do. |
71 ,, parts and trimmings ,, | do. |
113 ,, kidneys ,, | do. |
23 ,, livers, etc. ,, | do. |
7 mutton parts ,, | do. |
108 lbs. lambs' liver ,, | do. |
10 pork parts ,, | do. |
229 lbs. pig kidneys, livers, etc. | do. |
45 lbs. sweetbreads ,, | do. |
19 rabbits | do. |
16 tins beef | do. |
72 lbs. cod, skate, etc, | do. |