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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
Barnet 1944
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnet UDC]
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DAIRIES.- COWSHEDS AND MILKSHOPS.
The number of person registered to sell milk is twenty-five, viz:-
10 Dairies and Cowsheds
15 Milkshops and Purveyors of Milk.
Twenty-seven inspections were made, 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, Visist
Tuberculin Tested 5
Accredited 2
Pasteurised 5
SLAUGHTER OF ANIMALS ACT, 1933.
There are twelve licenced by the Council at 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 infit for human consumption during the year:-
| Luncheon Meat | 17 tins |
| Chopped Han | 6 " |
| Corned beef | 5 " |
| Stewed Steak | 5 " |
| Soup | 131 " |
| Vegetable Stew | 72 " |
| Beef | 105 lbs. |
| Lamb | 4 " |
| Sausages | 210 " |
| Sausage Meat | 3 " |
| Bacon | 77 " |
| Bosne | 50 tins |
| peas | 5 " |
| Plums | 26 " |
| Jam | 50 " |
| Marmalade | 15 " |
| Milk | 237 " |
| Cheese | 42 lbs |
| Eggs (Hens) | 72 |
| Duck | 30 lbs |
| Rabbits | 60 " |
| Oranges | 196 " |
| Wholemeal Flour | 36 " |
| Oats | 120 " |
| Wet Fish (Skate, Cod, Mixed Fillets, Haddock, Mackerel, Herrings, Soft Roe, Dog Fish) | 75 St. |
| Kippers | 422 lbs. |
| Pilchards | 209 tins |
| Sardines | 46 " |
| Salmon | 37 " |
| Crayfish | 3 " |
| Fish Paste | 4 Jars |
| Chocolate | 60 Bars |
| Boiled Sweets | 6l lbs. |