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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Barnes 1943
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnes]
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Table 19.—Slaughterhouses.
| Private. | Public. | Total. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No. of licensed slaughterhouses | 1 | — | 1 |
| No. of notices received of intention to slaughter during the year | 18 | — | 18 |
| No. of animals slaughtered:— Swine | 49 | - | 49 |
| Cattle | — | — | — |
| Sheep | - | - | - |
| Total | 49 | — | 49 |
Meat discovered to be unfit for human consumption:—
One pig's head and pluck—destroyed.
Table 20.—Unsound Food.
In no instance was it found necessary to seize unsound food on any premises. The following articles were voluntarily surrendered and destroyed as being unfit for human consumption :—
| Meat | 21 lbs. | Cheese | 36½ lbs. |
| Meat—tins | 115 | Meat Paste—jars | 2 |
| Fruit | 18 lbs. | Fish Paste—jars | 1 |
| Fruit—tins | 168 | Jam—tins | 8 |
| Fruit—bottles | 23 | Cereals—tins | 3 |
| Vegetables—tins | 117 | Bacon | 75J lbs. |
| Fish | 112 lbs. | Margarine—packets | 9 |
| Fish—tins | 202 | Milk Pudding—packets | 1 |
| Fish—jars | 1 | Dried Eggs—packets | 2 |
| Milk—tins | 130 | Vinegar—bottles | 2 |
| Soup—tins | 24 | Cocoa Spread—packets | 1 |
| Beetox—jars | 1 | Coffee Essence—bottles | 1 |
| Pickles—jars | 1 |