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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 1952
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finchley]
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| Macaroni Paste | 32 Packets | Rakusens Farfals | 3½lbs |
| Macaroon Paste | 214½lbs. | Rennet | 21 bottles |
| Malt Extract | 1 carton | Rice | 70 lbs. |
| Marshmallow Caps | 47 | Salad Cream | 1 bottle |
| Marzipan | 1 packet | Salt 3 | packets |
| Matzo Meal | 4 packets | Salted Nuts | 3 lbs. |
| Matzos | 2 packets | Sandwich Spread | 20 jars |
| Mayonnaise | 2 bottles | Sausages | 28 lbs. |
| Olives | 1 jar | Semolina | 1 packet |
| Olives | 4½lbs. | Shredded Suet | 39 packets |
| Oats | 11 packets | Smoked Salmon | 1½bs. |
| Peaches | 8 jars | Sprats | 4 lbs. |
| Peanut Butter | 1 jar | Strawberry Conserve | 2 jars |
| Pears | 4 jars | Tomato Ketchup | 5 bottles |
| Pickles | 9 jars | Tomato Paste | 1 jar |
| Pineapple | 3 jars | Turkey | 1 |
| Plums | 1 jar | Vegetable Salad | 1 jar |
| Prunes | 612 lbs. | Vermicelli | 2 packets |
| Prunes | 6 packets | Walnuts, Pickled | 1 jar |
Slaughterhouses
The number of licensed slaughterhouses in the district is now
one.
Occasional slaughtering is carried out on permit from the Food
Office.
Humane Slaughter of Animals
In accordance with the provisions of the Slaughter of Animals
Act 1933, all animals, including sheep, slaughtered in a slaughterhouse
within the district must be stunned by means of a mechanically
operated instrument kept in good 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
by the local authority. The licences granted by the Council have
to be renewed annually. The number of persons licensed under
xhe Act during 1952 was 2.
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