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Barnet 1943
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnet Urban District Council]
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dairies. cowsheds and milkshops.
The number of persons registered to sell milk is twenty-five, viz:-
10 Dairies and Cowsheds
15 Milkshops and Purveyors of Milk.
Thirty inspections were mode, and particular attention paid to the hygienic
essentials necessary for a pure milk production and distribution.
Twelve Licences were granted to sell milk under the Milk (Special Designations) Order, 1936, viz:-
| Tuberculin Tested | 5 |
| Accredited | 2 |
| Pasteurised | 5 |
SLAUGHTER OF ANIMALS ACT, 1933.
There are twelve parsons licensed by the Council as fit persons to slaughter
animals in the district, the same number as in the previous year.
No complaint was received concerning the conduct of any of these men.
MEAT AND FOOD INSPECTION.
The following is a list of the articles of food condemned as unsound and unfit for human consumption during the year:-
| Tongue | 5 tins |
| Luncheon Meat | 189 lbs, |
| Chopped Ham | 59 lbs. |
| Corned Beef | 414 lbs. |
| Sausage Meat | 15 tins |
| Moat Roll | 10 tins |
| Brisket Beef | 21 lbs. |
| Beef | 145 lbs. |
| Sausages | |
| Bacon | 51 lbs. |
| Soups | 44 tins |
| Vegetable Stew | 49 tins |
| Vegetables | 10 tins |
| Carrots | 21 tins |
| Peas | 57 tins |
| Beans | 53 tins |
| Plums | |
| Pineapple, Peaches and Grapefruit | 16 tins |
| Rhubarb | 9 tins |
| Apples | 9 tins |
| Milk | |
| Jam | 7 lbs. |
| Lemon Curd | 84 lbs. |
| Cheese | 144 lbs. |
| Margarine | 35 lbs. |
| Eggs (Hen's) | 18 |
| Eggs (Duck's) | 24 |
| Dried Egg | 15 pkts. |
| Web Fish (Skate, Haddock, Plaice, Cod, Mixed Fillets, Coal Fish and Herrings.) | 79 stone |
| Smoked Haddock | |
| Kippers | 170 lbs. |
| Pilchards | 52 tins |
| Salmon | 17 tins |
| Herrings | 4 tins |
| Chocolate | 24 bars |
| Sweets | 231 lbs. |
| Miscellaneous | 16 tins |