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The Chief Public Health Inspector attended meetings of three
local organisations and addressed them on various food hygiene topics.
At one of the meetings, that of the Finchley and Barnet Master
Bakers' Association, the whole lecture was devoted to an explanation
of the Food Hygiene Regulations.
Towards the close of the year, a film show was arranged at a
school in North Finchley. The Chief Public Health Inspector
presented the film and addressed the 46 School Meals organisers
and kitchen staff present on food poisoning outbreaks.
7. Method of Disposal of Condemned Food :
Condemned food is removed by the Public Health Department's
van and is destroyed at the Council's Refuse Destructor.
Inspection of Meat and Food
The inspection of food and premises where food is prepared
continued to receive special attention.
Two new registrations of hawkers were granted during the year.
Before registration is granted the Council insist upon satisfactory
storage accommodation being provided and this is checked where
necessary with the Local Authority concerned.
The number of barrow boys operating in the district at the end
of the year was 4.
Slaughterhouses
At the beginning of the year, there were two slaughterhouses in
the district which have been regularly inspected. As will be seen
under the heading "Legal Proceedings," the occupier of a slaughterhouse
at which wholesale slaughtering was carried out, was fined about
the middle of the year, for contraventions under the byelaws relating
to slaughterhouses and the Public Health (Meat) Regulations, 1924,
and his licence was cancelled. Up to this period, there had been a
large increase in the number of pigs slaughtered at these premises, as
is shown in the figures in the following table. The total number for
that portion of the year was almost as large as for the whole of the
previous year.
It may be remembered that numerous complaints were received
from occupiers of premises adjoining this slaughterhouse, with regard
to noise, etc., and the slaughter of animals at week-ends, including
Sundays. As the slaughterhouse has not been re-occupied for this
purpose there has been no further cause for complaint.
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