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Refuse
Dustbins provided 2
Accumulation of refuse removed 1
Woodwork
Stair treads renewed or repaired 2
Balusters and handrails renewed or repaired 0
Doors renewed, repaired or rehung 2
General
New ranges and grates provided 7
Ranges and grates repaired 4 4
New coppers provided 0
Coppers repaired 0
Houses repainted externally 0
Doorsteps renewed or repaired 0
Other defects (unclassified) 9
Foodstores provided 0
Verminous rooms cleansed 1
Total 224
3S
Total number remedied 1939 605
„ „ „ 1938 2404
„ „ „ 1937 2099
1936 1377
INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD.
Milk The following licences were issued under the Milk (Speoial
Designations) Order 1936:-
Pasteurised 7
Accredited 1
Grade A (Tuberculin Tested) 6
Pasteuriser's 1
Meat and other foods. There has been no slaughtering within
the district, the meat supply of this area is distributed from two
Centres, viz. one each at Southgate and Finchley, these depots are
under the supervision of the Sanitary Inspectors of these Boroughs,
and any meat that they consider should not be issued to the public
is stopped.
We have a large cold store for meat and
cheese within the district, which is inspected from time to time
and food of doubtful quality stopped from raching the public.
Fairly close supervision of other food shops has been maintained
and during the year the following foodstuffs were surrendered as
unfit for human consumption, a very small quantity when one considers
the difficulties of issue, storage and transport under war conditions
21 lbs Beef Tongues
4 lbs Margarine
14 lbs Dripping
412 lbs Flour (Splintered glass)
19½ lbs Lamb
49 lbs Pork livers
1 side of bacon
159 lbs Pig Carcase
It was particularly noticable the number of
complaints received about, food, particularly such foods as sausages
and fish, the former undoubtedly contained an excessive amount of
starch in the form of biscuit meal, flour, bread, potatoe or some
such cereal, which would naturally swell and break the sausage skin
when cooked, but as there was no standard for sausage composition,
so long as the food was not unfit for human consumption no action
to improve the quality of the commodity could be taken.