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Enfield 1929
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]
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The Milk (Special Designations) Order, 1923.
Under this Act it is the duty of the Local Authority to take
samples of Certified Milk at the request of the Ministry of Health
in order that they may be analysed to see if they fulfil the requirements
of the Act, and if they come up to the standard necessary
for Certified Milk.
During the year, no such request was made by the Ministry
of Health.
Meat.
There are no public abattoirs in the District. Quite a large
quantiy of meat slaughtered at the Caledonian Market is brought
into the District.
The number of slaughter-houses in the District at the date specified is as follows:—
| 1914 January, 1929. December, 1929. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Registered | 10 | 8 | 8 | |
| Licensed | 7 | 5 | 5 | |
| Total | 17 | 13 | 13 | |
Mr. Fred Wilson, Chief Sanitary Inspector, Mr. T. M. Boswell,
Mr. H. Wiggett and Mr. H. C. T. Darley, Sanitary Inspectors, who
hold the Certificate of the Royal Sanitary Institute as Inspectors
of Meat and Foods, visit the slaughter-houses at very frequent
intervals, and, as will be seen by a reference to the Sanitary
Inspector's Report, they paid 1.887 such visits during the year,
when they examined 12,322 carcases, and secured the surrender of
9 carcases and 113 parcels of diseased organs.
Public Health (Meat) Regulations, 1925.
Systematic inspection of all butchers' shops and other premises
for the sale of meat and offal has been made during the past year