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Hendon 1925

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hendon RDC]

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(b) Meat.
(i) Your Sanitary Inspector makes every effort to
attend slaughter-houses during the time of killing. Most
butchers have fixed times for killing. One butcher has
no fixed time and sends notice of his intention to kill
as occasions arise. In one slaughter-house no killing
took place during the year. The butchers buy only
those animals which they believe to be good. Any
diseased carcases or organs found are covered with disinfectants
and buried at one or the other of the Sewage
Farms.
No application has been made for the marking of
meat under the new Regulations.
(ii) Administration of the Public Health (Meat)
Regulations, 1924.—Shops and stores are visited, whilst
a watch is kept on vehicles conveying meat. There are
no meat stalls in the district. All the butchers' shops
are provided with windows or glass fronts. In one case
particularly the glass front is not much used, and this
question will have to be considered now that the drier
(and therefore dustier) weather is coming. None of the
butchers hang meat outside the shop, and in none of
the shops are customers allowed to handle meat before
purchase.

Private Slaughter Houses.

In 1920.In Jan. 1925.In Dec. 1925.
Registered000
Licensed999
Total999

(c) Other Foods.
Numerous visits have been paid to bakehouses,
shops, etc., where food is prepared, sold or stored. They
are generally kept in good condition and any matters
which required attention have been dealt with. An old
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