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Slaughtering is carried out at all hours to ten in the evening
and on Sundays. At the end of the year under review I arranged
a rota for the district Inspectors to take extra office hours and
Sunday duty in turn so as to ensure that all carcases were inspected
before being sent to market. In my next report I hope to be in
a position to report on the success of this plan.
Slaughter-Houses.
Following is a list of slaughterhouses in the Borough:—
Beckton Road.
Manor Way Farm, New Beckton.
319, Green Street.
14, High Street North.
170, High Street North.
167, Plashet Grove.
843, Romford Road.
524, Romford Road.
638, Romford Road.
737, Romford Road.
Shaftesbury Road.
28, Station Road.
6, Station Road.
Forest View Road.
Food Supplies.
The food supplies of the Borough are, generally speaking,
exceedingly good. Probably the fact that East Ham is quite close
to the great Central Markets of London to some extent accounts
for this satisfactory condition. There has been an increasing
demand for the better class of all foodstuffs since the war, and the
greater vigilance of the housewife in selecting her goods has been
met by the shopkeepers stocking only sound articles of food. It
is very infrequent, having regard to the number of shops in the
Borough, to receive any complaint as to the quality of foods
bought, only 11 parcels being condemned during the year.
The shops and market places are regularly inspected at least
one Evening in the week as well as during the day.
Shops Act.
On 3rd August, 1928, the new Shops (Hours of Closing) Act
came into operation.