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Croydon 1959

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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Prosecutions
A firm of local bakers pleaded guilty to five summonses relating
to the sale of bread rolls which were unfit for human
consumption. The Magistrates Court imposed fines totalling £50
with £2.12. 6., costs.
Two employees at the Public Abattoir were summoned for
offences under the Slaughterhouses (Hygiene) Regulations, 1958
which require that any person engaged in the handling of meat in
a slaughterhouse shall wear overalls or suitable protective
clothing, including a washable head covering, and shall not use
tobacco in any part of a slaughterhouse. One employee was fined
£10 in respect of two offences and ordered to pay one guinea
costs. The second employee was fined a total of £19 in respect
of five offences and was ordered to pay two guineas costs.
Condemned Foodstuffs

Summary of meat and other articles of food found to be unfit and condemned by the Inspectors during 1959: -

ArticleWeight in lbs.
Carcase Meat73, 340
Offal64,612
Sundry Foodstuffs6. 150
Canned, Bottled and Packeted Poods16, 140
Total160,242

Disposal of Condemned Foodstuffs
Meat condemned at the Public Abattoir, wholesale meat markets
or at shops is disposed of, after being dyed green, to firms of
repute for industrial use and some for animal feeding. The disposal
is supervised by the Meat Inspectors and those carcases or
parts not considered suitable for this type of disposal are destroyed
by incineration. The other condemned foodstuffs where not
suitable for industrial use are destroyed.
MEAT INSPECTION
It can be said, with the increase in the number of animals
slaughtered at the abattoir, that it continues to play no small
part in supplying Croydon and its environs with fresh meat. In
1958, 67,526 animals were slaughtered, and this rose to 88,479
animals during 1959