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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General Food Inspection.
The following table gives a summary of the inspections made during the year (not including visits made to slaughterhouses or dairies, cowsheds and milkshops):-
Butchers | 1723 |
Fishmongers | 153 |
Fried Fish Shops | 137 |
Grocers | 520 |
Greengrocers | 258 |
Poultry and Game Dealers | 92 |
Cooked and Prepared Meat Shops | 889 |
Bakers' Premises | |
Confectioners Premises | 390 |
Markets | 494 |
Hawkers carts and barrows | |
Hotel and other Kitchens otc. | 352 |
Ice Cream Manufacturers and Vendors. | 550 |
General Shops | 198 |
Other premises | 35 |
5463 |
The following articles of food were surrendered and destroyed during 1939:-
97 beef parts and trimmings (Imported) | Unsound |
29 lbs. beef kidneys | " |
44 lbs. beef livers | " |
20 lbs calf livers | " |
1259 lbs mutton parts | " |
99 mutton carcases | " |
2028 lbs lambs liver etc. | " |
187 lbs tinned ham | " |
41 lbs pig kidneys etc. | " |
439 lbs rabbits . | " |
208 lbs herrings, haddock etc. | " |
69 lbs butter | " |
116 tins salmon etc | " |
1022 tins etc. pineapple, plums, beans etc. | " |
190 tins milk and cream | " |
98 bottles soup, sauce etc. | " |
37 tins beef etc. | " |
220 lbs bacon. | " |
883 lbs. sweets etc. | " |
Total weight destroyed 13,794. lbs. |
General Summary of Meat and other articles destroyed during the
Articles | year 1939. Weight in lbs. | Total | Remarks. | |
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Diseased | Unsound | |||
Eeef | 8237 | 3818½ | 12.055½ | Including 13 carcases |
Veal | 241 | 42 | 283 | " 9 " |
Mutton | 1655 | 2258 | 3,913 | " 103 " |
Pork | 6788 | 142 | 6,930 | " 63 " |
Offal | 8555 ½ | 1741½ | 10,297 | " imported offal |
Fish | - | Herrings etc. | ||
Tinned Goods | - | 1917¼ | l,917¼ | 1366 tins,80 jars etc. |
Sundries | — | 2046¼ | 2,046¼ | Ham,Rabbit,Sweets |
25,476½ | 12,173½ | 37,650 |
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