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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 1960

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

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Table: This improvement in the disease rate in bovines is a direct result of the Government's eradication scheme and is shown even more dramatically when the total weights of carcase meat condemned over the past five years is considered.

This improvement in the disease rate in bovines is a direct result of the Government's eradication scheme and is shown even more dramatically when the total weights of carcase meat condemned over the past five years is considered.

Year.Carcase Meat.Offals.
lbs.lbs.
195612.8379.490
19578.6278.989
19584.3887.649
19593.2646.435
19601.5597.698

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The reduction in the weight of offals condemned is not so marked "but nonethethe
overall reduction
less/represents a reduced loss of money to the owners of the meat and likewise
makes more home killed meat and offals available for sale for human consumption.
There were eleven persons licensed by the Council as fit persons to slaughter
animals, most of them work part or full time as slaughtermen at the local slaughterhouse.
Some have employment outside the district and no complaint has been
received from other districts concerning the conduct of any of these men, nor was
there any need for adverse report on the men locally employed.

Table: REPORT REQUIRED BY SECTION 128(3) OF THE FACTORIES ACTS, 1937 to 1959.Inspection for purposes of provision as to health.

REPORT REQUIRED BY SECTION 128(3) OF THE FACTORIES ACTS, 1937 to 1959.

Inspection for purposes of provision as to health.

Number on RegisterInspectionsWritten NoticesOccupiers Prosecuted
(l) Factories in which Sees. 1. 2, 3, 4 and 6 are to be enforced by Local Authorities.3---
(2) Factories not included in (1) in which Sec. 7 is enforced by the Local Authority.88131--
(3) Other premises in which Sec. 7 is enforced by the Local Authority.3---
Total94131--

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One informal notice was served requiring provision of adequate sanitary
accommodation in a factory.

Table: Outworkers (Sections 110and 111)

Outworkers (Sections 110and 111)

Section 110Section 111
No. of outworkers on lists received.No. of instances of work in unwholesome premises.Notices Served.
101--

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(24)