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Ealing 1942

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]

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INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD.
Meat and Other Foods.—There were no infringements of the
Public Health (Meat) Regulations. No meat is sold from stalls in
the Borough.
There are three private slaughterhouses but no animals were
slaughtered in them during the year.
There is no public slaughterhouse in the Borough.
The Meat Depot which was established in a central position at
the beginning of the war still serves a large area in Middlesex,
embracing Ealing. The Sanitary Inspectors have had to inspect
a large quantity of meat there daily.

Table: The following table indicates the amount of the various foodstuffs which have been condemned by the Inspectors as unfit for food in the course of their inspections at the meat depot and at the various food premises in the Borough :—

The following table indicates the amount of the various foodstuffs which have been condemned by the Inspectors as unfit for food in the course of their inspections at the meat depot and at the various food premises in the Borough :—

lbs.
Beef3,092
Pork104
Mutton453
Veal5
Offal882
Bacon163
Fish905
Sausages150
Tinnedmeat3,821
Fruit andVegetables18,585
Confectionery68,113
Biscuits and Cake1,807
Chicory47,040
Assorted Food2,004
147,124 lbs
Milk (tins)6,346
Fish (tins)401
Eggs1,198
Assorted tins, jars and packets2,206