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Ealing 1944

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]

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14
SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE BOROUGH.
Sanitary Inspection of the Borough.—The following is a
summary of the work carried out by the Sanitary Inspectors during
the year :—
General.
Number of Premises inspected on Complaint 2,013
Number of Nuisances observed by Inspectors 64
Number of Premises inspected in connection with Infectious
Disease 343
Number of Premises visited by Periodical Inspection (Cow-
sheds, Dairies, Slaughterhouses, Factories, etc.) 161
Number of Houses inspected under House-to-House Survey
Food Inspections 1,663
Total Number of Re-inspections 5,540
Other Inspections 380
Total Number of Inspections and Re-inspections 10,164
Number of Intimation Notices given. 606
Number of other Letters written 1,400
Number of Statutory Notices served 44
Proceedings before Magistrates
INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OP 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.