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Southgate 1921

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southgate]

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vision for adequate drainage and ventilation. Suitable accommodation
for cooling the meat and new lairage for the
cattle and sheep will be provided. This new building will
be erected as soon as the plans have been approved.
Of the remaining six slaughterhouses two are situated
at Southgate, two at Winchmore Hill, one at New Southgate,
and one at Bowes Park.
DISINFECTION AND DISINFESTATION.
The Council have at the Isolation Hospital site a
Thresh's steam disinfector, which is used for the disinfection
of articles of clothing, bedding, etc., consequent upon
cases of infectious disease.
The Council were given powers by their private Act
to enforce the occupiers of infested premises to cleanse and
disinfest them. A supply of sulphur candles is at all times
available to applicants at the Public Health Department, but
requests for assistance in this respect are very few.
Sale of Foods and Drug's Acts.
The duties under the Food and Drugs Acts are administered
by the Middlesex County Council.

The following are particulars of samples taken in the District during last year:—

Article.Samples Taken.Found Adulterated.
Milk413
Separated Milk3
Cream94
Preserved Cream52
Butter71
Lemonade Powder3
Sugar1
Total6910

Prosecutions 2
Convictions 2