Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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or manufacture of sausages or potted, pressed, pickled or preserved meats,
fish or other food intended for sale, shall be registered with the Sanitary
Authority.
It was agreed to interpret this section so as to require the registration of
premises under (ii) above, at which the following are made : —
SAUSAGES and allies; large and small, with or without skims.
Saveloys. Haggis.
Black Puddings. Rissoles.
White Puddings. Bladders of Lard.
Sausage Skins.
MEAT: Potted, Pressed, Pickled, Preserved.
Potted meat or head, tongues, etc.
Meat Pastes.
Meat Extracts.
Faggots.
Cooked Meats, Sheep's-head, etc., Pork.
Meat Pies, Pork Pies.
Dripping.
Brawn.
Brisket (Pressed).
Meat and Pork (pressed).
Meat and Pork (pickled).
Trotters (pickled).
Bacon boiled, cooked, smoked or cured or otherwise preserved.
FISH: Potted, Pressed, Pickled, Preserved.
Pastes—various. Pickled or soused.
Cured or dried fish. Canned.
Eel pies and jellied eels.
OTHER FOODS: Potted, Pressed, Pickled, Preserved.
Canned soups containing Meat.
Hors d'oevres, if containing Meat or Fish.
At the time of writing the number of premises that have been registered
under this section is : —
(i) Ice Cream, etc. 133.
(ii) Other Food 79
In no instance has an application for registration been refused, though
in one this was made contingent upon the removal by the applicant of some
greyhound kennels in close proximity to premises in which food was prepared.
INSPECTORS WITH SPECIAL DUTIES.
The matters referred to in this sub-section of the Report were dealt with
by Mr. Grant and Mr. Shaw, two of the Sanitary Inspectors who have been
relieved of their other duties in order to enable them to discharge the duties
here recorded over the whole of the Borough.