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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
Havering 1970
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Havering]
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| Category (of trade) | Number of premises (cont'd.) |
|---|---|
| Public Houses | 74 |
| School Canteens | 94 |
| Staff Canteens | 96 |
| Off Licences | 69 |
96 notices were served under these Regulations during
the year—an increase of 24 on the previous year. No statutory
action was required in respect of these notices.
During the year the following amounts of food were voluntarily surrendered to the Public Health Inspectors as being unfit for human consumption and appropriate certificates issued to the shopkeepers and/or wholesalers concerned. Meat condemned in the course of meat inspection at the slaughterhouses is shown separately under the heading "Carcases inspected and condemned".
| Meat (Wholesale) | 9166 |
| Meat (Retail) | 3736 |
| Meat (Tinned) | 2935 |
| Fish (Tinned) | 360 |
| Fish (Raw) | 1769 |
| Offal | 543 |
| Poultry | 787 |
| Sausages | 78 |
| Tinned Fruit | 4309 |
| Other Tinned Fruit | 2359 |
| Miscellaneous Foodstuffs | 2369 |
| Butter | 702 |
| TOTAL | 29113 |
| Frozen Packets | 24230 items |
Slaughter of Animals Act. 1958
59 licences to slaughter animals were issued during the
year, 9 of which authorised the licensees to slaughter horses—
by Greener's "Bell" gun—in this Borough only, the killing of
horses being a regular practice at one slaughterhouse.
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