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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Finchley 1947
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finchley]
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| SLAUGHTERHOUSES | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of licensed slaughterhouses | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Number of visits paid to slaughterhouses | 671 | 644 | 54 | 14 | 24 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| Number of licensed slaughtermen | 12 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 |
| BUTCHERS SHOPS Number in district | 51 | 51 | 50 | 49 | 49 | 49 | 48 | 48 | 49 | 48 |
| BAKEHOUSES | ||||||||||
| Total number | 37 | 35 | 33 | 32 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 29 | 3T | 31 |
| Number at which motive power is used | 28 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 28 | 25 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 2 5 |
| MILK (SPECIAL DESIGNATIONS) REGULATIONS | ||||||||||
| Dealers' Licences to sell milk as Tuberculin Tested | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| Dealers' Licences to sell milk as Accredited | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — |
| Dealers' Licences to sell milk as Pasteurised | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 14 |
| Supplementary Licences to sell milk as Pasteurised | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Supplementary Licences to sell milk as Tuberculin Tested | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Bottling Licence (Tuberculin Tested) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Pasteurisers' Licences | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Number of samples taken-Tuberculin Tested | 5 | — | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 11 | — | — | 5 |
| Accredited | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Pasteurised | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 8 | — | — | 5 |
| Number unsatisfactory-Tuberculin Tested | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Accredited | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Pasteurised | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — |
| COFFEE STALLS | ||||||||||
| Number in district | 6 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| FISH FRIERS | ||||||||||
| Number in district | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| GAME LICENCES | ||||||||||
| N umber granted | 14 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 13 |
| SHOPS ACTS | ||||||||||
| Number on register January 1st | 1,000 | 1,039 | 999 | 948 | 882 | 846 | 837 | 837 | 819 | 827 |
| Number closed | 26 | 51 | 53 | 76 | 40 | 15 | 1 | 18 | — | 4 |
| New shops | 65 | 11 | 2 | IO | 4 | 6 | 1 | — | 8 | 20 |
| Number on register December 31st | I,039 | 999 | 948 | 882 | 846 | 837 | 837 | 819 | 827 | CO CO |
| Changes of occupancy | 144 | 27 | — | 17 | 29 | 16 | 5 | — | — | 14 |
| Infringements recorded | 993 | 215 | — | 37 | 11 | 5 | — | — | — | 1 |
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