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 Chigwell]
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Ministry of Food Slaughterhouses at which inspections and
condemnations are the responsibility of the district in which
situated.
62 visits were made to slaughterhouses.
There are 24 butcher shops in the district and 251 visits
were made to these premises.
105 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 uusound
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
Skate stones 64 Salmon, tins 3
Pilchards, tins 6 Cod roes, lbs 7
Catfish, stones 6 „ tins 10
Fillets, tins 1 Crab, tins 4
Prawn paste, tins 1 „ paste, tins 3
Crawfish, tins 3 Cod, stones 1
Halibut, stones 1½ Brislings, tins 3
Whiting, tins 1 Sardines, tins 12
Tunny, tins 1
MEAT
Corned beef, 12oz. tins 5 Pork, tins 1
„ „ 61bs. „ 30 Luncheon meat, tins 3
Rabbit, tins 1 Jellied veal, tins 2
lbs 626½ Beef, lbs 121
Brawn, tins 5 Mutton, lbs 53
Corned mutton, 61b tins 1 Beef, jellied, tins 1
Bacon, lbs 33£ Ox tongues, lbs. 53
Pigs trotters, lbs 112 „ „ tins 1
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