[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chingford] page 17

Chingford 1941

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chingford]

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Registration of Premises under Section 14—Food and Drugs Act.
No applications were received during the year for the
registration of premises at which Sausages are manufactured or
food potted, pickled, pressed or preserved.
Meat and Odier Foods
There is one licensed slaughter-house and twenty-two butchers'
shops in. the area ; the visits paid to these premises numbered 126.
There were seven pigs' carcases inspected at registered
slaughter-houses and six pigs' carcases inspected at private houses.

Table: The following list gives details of the diseased or unsound meat and other articles found unfit for human consumption, which were voluntarily surrendered and destroyed:—

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The following list gives details of the diseased or unsound meat and other articles found unfit for human consumption, which were voluntarily surrendered and destroyed:—

Article	Condition	Weight
1 Ox liver	Flukes	14 lbs.
2 sheep's carcases	Brine damage	108 lbs.
8 tins beans	Damaged by enemy action
6 tins peas	„ „ „ „
Butter	Rancid	3¾ lbs.
Mixed confectionery	Damaged by enemy action	2½ cwts.
5 boxes sprouts	„ „ „ „ „
6 bags cabbages	„ „ „
10 bags parsnips	„ „ „ „
10 bags carrots	„ „ „ „
10 bags turnips	„ „ „ „
10 bags swedes	„ „ „ „
17 tins corned beef	„ „ „ „
24 tins corned beef	„ „ „ „
29 tins corned beef	„ „ „ „
19 tins evaporated milk	Unsound
Cheese trimmings	Mould	4 lbs.
Fish fillets	Unsound	4 stone
Onions	„	65 lbs.
15 tins tomatoes	„
Dog fish	„	7 stone
1 tin condensed milk	„
1 tin pilchards	„
1 tin salmon	„
6 tins herrings	„
Streaky bacon	„	13 lbs.
Fore end	„	18 lbs.
1 tin Victoria gallantine	„
1 ox head	„	30 lbs.

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Assistance was given to the Waltham Abbey Urban District
Council during the year in the inspection of carcases at the Ministry
of Food slaughterhouse situate in that area.

Table: The following table shows the number of carcases examined, and details of diseased or unsound meat will be found in the report of the Medical Officer of that district:

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The following table shows the number of carcases examined, and details of diseased or unsound meat will be found in the report of the Medical Officer of that district:

Cows	Sheep	Pigs
2	129	32

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Chingford 1941

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Table: The following list gives details of the diseased or unsound meat and other articles found unfit for human consumption, which were voluntarily surrendered and destroyed:—

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Table: The following table shows the number of carcases examined, and details of diseased or unsound meat will be found in the report of the Medical Officer of that district: