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Finchley 1945

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finchley]

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Four private slaughterhouses are licensed.
Legal proceedings were taken against a fishmonger for
the sale of unsound fish and the defendant was fined £2 and
ordered to pay £10-10-0 costs.
LIST OF UNSOUND FOOD
TUBERCULOSIS
Swine
2 heads. )
2 plucks. ) 47 lbs. (Total weight 35½ lbs.
2 mesenteries.) plus 1 head.)
1 spleen. )
DISEASES OTHER THAN TUBERCULOSIS
Bovines
50 lbs. Ox Kidneys.
223½lbs. Beef (82½ lbs. decomposition, 141 lbs. sour)
25 lbs. Ox Tails, (sour)
Swine
1 Pig's Pluck (Pneumonia and Cirrhosis) lbs.
Sheep
3 lbs. Lambs' Sweetbreads (Sour)
1 set Sheep's Lungs (Abscess) 2 lbs.
Total 357 lbs.
MISCELLANEOUS.
4736 lbs. tinned meat.
45 tins meat roll.
22 tins meat and vegetable dinner.
1 doz. brawns.
12 meat pies.
112 lbs. sausages.
14½ lbs. ham.
152 lbs. rabbits.
246 tins vegetables.
407 tins fish.
6 tins fruit.
1299 tins milk.
30 tins soup.
2 tins Golden Syrup.
102 tins jam or marmalade.
2 lbs. honey.