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offal, etc. Little "home killing" is done, and the quality of
the animals slaughtered is of a high standard. The majority of
the meat supply comes through the London Central Market,
and there is one wholesale meat distributing depot in the
Brentford wholesale market.
The Slaughter of Animals Act, 1933, did not come into
operation until 1st January, 1934, but the humane slaughtering
of animals for human food has been compulsory through byelaws
in the District of Chiswick since 1914. With the coming
into force of the new Act the practice will be extended to the
whole area of the Borough.
Two wholesale provision firms have their premises at
Brentford.
Routine inspections are made, especially during the
summer months, of the kitchens of dining rooms and
restaurants in the area.
No case of food or suspected food poisoning was reported.
It is to be hoped that in the near future regulations may be
issued requiring the protection from possible contamination, by
adequate packing and covering, of sweets, confectionery and
other foods which are usually consumed without cooking or
washing. Such regulations would be extremely useful where
the larger (often crowded) cheap stores are concerned in which
one sees quantities of sweets exposed to dust, etc., a fact which
certainly forms a potential danger to the spread of infection.
Improvement in this direction, however, is certainly
noticeable as numbers of manufacturers now pack their products
in transparent celophane paper.
Particulars of meat and other foods condemned as unfit
for human consumption during the year are set out in the
statistics shewn on page 32.
(c) and (d) Adulteration, etc.
This work is in the hands of the Middlesex County Council,
and no samples were submitted to the County Analyst by this
Authority.
(e) Nutrition—Dissemination of Knowledge.
No special action was taken in this respect, beyond that
given in lectures to mothers attending the Maternity and Child
Welfare Clinics, and by the Dental Surgeon to school children.