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Barnet 1959

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnet Urban District Council]

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MERCHANDISE MARKS ACT. 1926.
The Council became the authority for enforcing the provisions of these
Acts and Orders made thereunder when they were designated a Pood and Drugs
Authority. No contraventions were noted.
MEAT AND FOOD CONDEMNED.

Table: The following is a list of the articles of food condemned as unfit for human consumption during the year.

The following is a list of the articles of food condemned as unfit for human consumption during the year.

Fresh Meat.Canned Meat.
Beef (English)175 lbs.Corned Beef13 lbs.
Pork "233½ lbs.Luncheon Meat9½ lbs.
Throat Breads (imported)2 lbs.Steak3¾ lbs.
Ox Liver "10 lbs.Tongues12½ lbs.
Fish.
Sardines and Brisling7 tins.Salmon4 tins.
Dressed Crab2 tins.Pilchards20 tins.
General.
Vegetables36 tins.Jam3 tins.
Fruit 40 lbs.and 163 tins.Marmalade4 tins.
Milk 32 pts.and 8 tins.Rice Pudding1 tin.
Cream2 tins.Spaghetti1 tin.
Soup1 tin.Dates1 pkt.

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Condemned food is taken to the disposal point on the Sewage Farm, where
tins are thoroughly perforated and loose food is stained and mixed with
household refuse before onward transmission to the controlled tip outside
the district.
PRIVATE SLAUGHTERHOUSES . AND
SLAUGHTER OF ANIMALS ACT. 1958.
There is only one slaughterhouse, privately owned, operating in the
district and your inspectors maintain a high percentage of inspection "by
evening and week¬end visits.
Slaughtering is carried on six days per week, the exception being
Friday, and the general system with regard to the timing of slaughtering is
that adult Bovines are slaughtered early in the day's work, proceeding to
the "smalls" and in this latter category, calves are usually left until last.
This accounts for the 100% inspection of Cattle and Cows, shown in the