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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
Hayes and Harlington 1964
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hayes]
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There are no licensed slaughterhouses in the district. A
large proportion of the meat sold in the district comes from
the London wholesale markets and there does not appear to be
any demand from the trade for slaughtering facilities in this
district.
One slaughterman's licence was issued.
The following foods were condemned during the year:-
| Cooked Meats | 63½ lbs. |
| Meat (raw) | 1,648½ lbs. |
| Meat (tinned) | 1,713¾ lbs. |
| Pish (raw) | 462 lbs. |
| Fish (tinned) | 33 lbs. |
| Fruit (tinned) | 933½ lbs. |
| Vegetables (tinned) | 509½ lbs. |
| Miscellaneous Food (tinned) | 176¼ lbs. |
| Other Miscellaneous Food | 103½ lbs. |
| Miscellaneous Frozen Pood | 938½ lbs. |
| Miscellaneous Frozen Meat | 40 lbs. |
| Eggs | 150 |
Condemned foods are disposed of, whenever possible, to a
manufacturer of animal feeding stuffs and fertilisers. Small
quantities of condemned foods are buried, under supervision, on
the Council's refuse tip.
Food Hygiene.
Emphasis has again been placed on the education of food
handlers, as the general standard in this aspect of food hygiene
still falls short of the structural standard of food premises.
Twenty-four lectures were given to a total of 396 people.
No certificates of exemption from certain requirements
of the Pood Hygiene (General) Regulations, 1960, have been
granted.
Byelaws under Section 15 of the Pood and Drugs Act, 1938,
have been in force in the district since July, 1950.
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