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Ealing 1947
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]
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| Number of statutory Notices served | 282 |
| Proceedings before Magistrates | 14 |
Control of Civil Building.
In connection with the Regulations for the Control of Civil
Building, Certificates of Essentiality have been issued in respect
of 1,551 houses at an estimated cost of £101,159. 7s. Od.
This is an increase over the number dealt with in 1946 of
671 houses at a cost of £47,387. 13s. 3d.
The Sanitary Inspectors have dealt with all applications for
Building Licences which involved work for which Statutory Notices
under the Public Health Act had of could have been served.
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 slaughter houses but no animals were
slaughtered in them during the year.
There is no public slaughterhouse in the Borough.
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 various food premises in the Borough.
| lbs. | |
|---|---|
| Beef | 919 |
| Offal | 158¾ |
| Bacon | 142 |
| Fish | 5,416 |
| Sausage Meat | 191 |
| Tinned Meat | 2,2961 |
| Fruit and Vegetables | 4,497 |
| Confectionery | 3,473 |
| Cocoa | 4,143½ |
| Cereals | 19,693½ |
| Assorted Food | 15,263¾ |
| 56,193½ | |
| Meat (Tins) | 726 |
| Milk (Tins) | 4,249 |
| Fish (Tins) | 1,355 |
| Assorted Articles | 3,995 |
| Eggs | 1,129 |