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Ealing 1945
[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 served a large area in Middlesex including
Ealing.
A large quantity of meat has been inspected there by the
Sanitary Inspectors necessitating almost a daily visit.
The following table indicates the amount of various foodstuffs which have been condemned by the Sanitary 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. | |
|---|---|
| Beef | 4,264½ |
| Pork | 944 |
| Mutton | 1,091½ |
| Veal | 5 |
| Offal | 542 |
| Bacon | 144½ |
| Fish | 5,678½ |
| Sausage Meat | 229 |
| Tinned Meat | 7,911¾ |
| Fruit and Vegetables | 18,132 |
| Confectionery | 1,462 |
| Cocoa | 5,330¼ |
| Cereals | 1,162½ |
| Assorted Food | 26,842 |
| 73,739½ | |
| Meat (tins) | 1,858 |
| Milk (tins) | 3,688 |
| Fish (tins) | 2,195 |
| Assorted Articles | 720 |
| Eggs | 2,864 |
| Assorted tins, jars and packets | 912 |
| Tinned Fruit and Vegetables | 1,097 |