Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finchley]
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Removal of gulley in floor and drain under building,
new paving and cement rendering of walls and construction
of new milk store.
Action taken respecting unsuitable premises and
their use discontinued.
Construction of a new milk store and can-washing
shed at rear of dairy, including drainage and paving of
part of yard.
Construction of new iron drain in connection with
dairy.
Reconstruction of floor of cowshed, additional means
of lighting and ventilation and re-drainage.
Manufacture of Ice Cream.
The confectioners' shops and other places where ice cream
is manufactured or sold were visited during the summer
months, in order to ascertain that the provisions contained
in Section 29 of the County Council of Middlesex (General
Powers) Act, 1906, were being properly complied with.
The premises now on Register at which ice cream is sold
number 42.
Slaughterhouses and Meat and Food Inspection.
There are twelve private slaughterhouses in the district,
the occupier of each of the premises being licensed by the
Council for a period of one year. The person who has occupied
the slaughterhouse at No. 66, High-street, North Finchley,
for a considerable period, retired from business during
the year. The change of occupation has been recorded in
the register, and the new occupant has been duly licensed.
The slaughterhouses are kept under constant observation,
and the necessary steps have been taken to secure proper
compliance with your Council's byelaws, especially in respect