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Chigwell 1951

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chigwell]

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Slaughtering for this District is carried out in centralized
Ministry of Food Slaughterhouses situated outside the District.
During the year assistance in meat inspection has been afforded
to the Ministry of Food Slaughterhouse at Waltham
Abbey.
During the year 49 visits have been made to slaughterhouses.
There are 28 butchers' shops in the District and 176 visits
have been made to these premises.
8 licences to sell game have been issued.
(c) Restaurants.
86 visits have been made to restaurants and cafes.
(d) Food Condemnation.
The following foodstuffs were inspected and found unsound
or unfit for human consumption. Some items were returned
for reprocessing, others disposed of for animal food or for
manufacturing purposes and the remainder destroyed.
FISH
Anchovies, tins 11 Pilchards, tins 6
Bristling, tins 2 Roes, tins 2
Cod Fillets, stone 3½ Salmon, tins 5
Crab, jar 1 Sardines, tins 11
Crab Paste, tins 4 Skate, stone 5
Herrings, tin 1 Smoked Haddock, lbs. 71
Mussels, tins 8
Totals: 1950 1951
Tins and Jars 97 51
lbs. 377 190
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