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Friern Barnet 1959

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Friern Barnet]

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Structurally improved 7 premises
Cleanliness improved 13 "
Floors provided or repaired 2 "
Sinks provided 2 "
Washbasins provided 4 "
Hot water provided 3 "
Lighting improved 2 "
Ventilation improved 3 "
Sanitary accommodation improved 4 "
Lockers for clothing provided 2 "
First-aid equipment provided 4 "
Equipment improved 12 "
Food inspection.
There are no licensed slaughterhouses in
Friern Barnet and, except after the occasional emergency
slaughter of a sick or injured animal at one or other
of the piggeries in the district, no post-mortem
inspection of food animals.
Of the food examined at the various food
shops and stores the following was certified to be
unfit for human consumption:-
Beef 232 lbs.
Pork 150 lbs.
Liver 11 lbs.
Fish 32 lbs.
Lard 36 lbs.
Cheese 24 boxes
Tinned meat119 tins
Tinned fish 20 tins
Tinned vegetables 78 tins
Tinned fruit 134 tins.
This unsound food was disposed of byincineration
or by burial at the Sewage Works.
Milk.
There are twenty firms or persons registered
as distributors of milk in the district and one dairy at
which milk is pasteurised and bottled.
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