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51 jars Pickles 1 tin Pork Brawn
24 bottles Vinegar 3-6 lb. tins Ox Tongue
1 bottle Banana Flavouring 2 tins Lambs' Tongues
156-61b. tins Corned Beef 8 tins Beef Loaf
361-12 oz. tins Corned Beef 4 tins Veal Loaf
1-1 lb. Corned Beef 1 tin Ham Loaf
13-6 lb. tins Corned Mutton 2 tins Luncheon Galantine
5-12 oz. tins Corned Mutton 11 tins Meat Lunch
18-6 lb. tins Pork Luncheon Meat 81 tins Meat and Vegetable
1-2½ lb. tin Pork Luncheon Meat 44 tins Irish Stew
33-12 oz. tins Pork Luncheon Meat 2 tins Beef Hash
3-12 lb. tins Sausage Meat 3 tins Potted Meat
1-12 oz. tin Sausage Meat 1 tin Meat Paste
132 tins Pork Sausages 32 tins Steak and Kidney Pudding
7 tins Vienna Sausage 1 tin Chicken
112 tins Stewed Steak 85 tins Soup
2 tins Steak and Kidney 1 tin Cheese
13 tins Bacon
FOOD POISONING
Two outbreaks of food poisoning occurred during 1947.
The first outbreak was in a factory where meals were supplied from the canteen. The food was
prepared by a firm of caterers who operated the canteen, which supplied approximately 300 of the factory
staff, and 60 people were taken ill after eating a mid-day meal. Samples of various foods were taken and
exhaustive enquiries made, but the outbreak could not be traced to any particular item on the menu. The
preparation of the food and the general management of the canteen left much to be desired. A new firm of
caterers was engaged by the factory and improvements were carried out in the canteen.
The second outbreak was more widespread and arose from infected haslet prepared by a firm in
Suffolk and distributed to a number of shops in districts around London. About 5 people in Finchley were
affected. A sample of the haslet was examined at. the Central Public Health Laboratory, Colindale, and
was found to be infected with staphylococcus aureus, suspected to be due to handling at the place of
manufacture.
HUMANE SLAUGHTER OF ANIMALS
In accordance with the provisions of the Slaughter of Animals Act, 1933, all animals, including sheep,,
slaughtered in a slaughter-house within the district must be stunned by means of a mechanically operated
instrument kept in proper repair.
This method of slaughter continues to prove satisfactory.
LICENSED SLAUGHTERMEN
The Act also provides that no animal shall be slaughtered or stunned by any person who is not
the holder of a licence granted bv the local authority. The licences granted by the Town Council have to be
renewed annually. The number of persons licensed under the Act during 1947 was 5.
BUTCHERS' SHOPS
There are 48 butchers' shops in the district.
All the shops are provided with glass fronts.
These premises have been visited and the provisions of the Public Health (Meat) Regulations which
provide for the cleanliness of the premises, apparatus, utensils and vehicles, the precautions to be taken
against the contamination of meat; the storage and removal of refuse, etc., have been, generally, well
observed.
BAKEHOUSES
The number of bakehouses in the district is 31.
At 25 bakehouses motive power is used.
The bakehouses have been visited by your inspectors and steps have been taken to cause them to
be maintained in a proper sanitary condition. The periodical limewashing of these premises, as required by
statute, has been carried out.
DAIRIES, COWSHEDS AND MILKSHOPS
There are 26 dairies, cowsheds and milkshops in the district. There were no new registrations of milk
purveyors during the year. Inspections of all dairy premises have been maintained and the provisions of
the Milk and Dairies Order, 1926 with respect to the cleanliness of dairies and cowsheds, the protection of
milk against infection and contamination, and the conveyance and distribution of milk have been generally
well observed. The veterinary inspection of the cows kept in the district is carried out by the Middlesex
County Council.
A mechanical milking plant with weight recording apparatus was installed in a cowshed attached to
one of the large dairies and is working very satisfactorily and at another large dairy new bottling, bottle
capping and washing machines have been installed.
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