London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Chigwell 1948

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chigwell]

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elsewhere in centralized Ministry of Food Slaughterhouses
at which inspections and condemnations are the
responsibility of the district in which situated.
23 visits were made to slaughterhouses.
There are 22 butcher shops in the district and
382 visits were made to these premises.
80 visits have been made to restaurants and
cafes and considerable improvements in cleanliness,
etc. has been achieved.
The following food-stuffs were inspected and
found unsound or unfit for human consumption. Some
items were returned to suppliers for reprocessing,
others disposed of for animal food, or for manufacturing
purposes and the remainder destroyed :—
FISH
Hake, tins 6
Salmon, tins 9
Cape fish, tins 1
Coalfish, 5 stones
Catfish,5 stones
Sardines, tins 7
Pilchards, tins 10
Whiting, tins 4
Haddock, 5 stones
Whelks, jars 3
Kippers, lbs. 84
,, stones 8
Cod ,, 6
Plaice ,, 1
„ lbs. 5
Skate wings, stones 9½
Dabs, lbs. 5
Sea bream, stones 5
Snoek, tins 1
Cod-roes, tins 2
MEAT
Beef, lbs. 386
Pork, lbs. 60¾
Mutton, lbs. l,524½
Veal, lbs. 6
Meat and vegetable, tins 2
Ox tongues, tins 1
,, sweetbreads, 28½ lbs.
Calves foot jelly, tins 1
Corned beef, 6 lb. tins 101
Corned beef, 12 oz. tins 47
Turkey, 2 lb. 3 oz.
Whale steak, tins 1
Corned mutton, tins 2
Lambs' tongues, tins 1
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