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Brentford and Chiswick 1949

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brentford and Chiswick]

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A total of 928 inspections of Food Shops and places where
food is prepared were made to 177 individual premises and a
summary of foods condemned is tabulated below. Not all this
food, however, was destroyed; where possible it was released for
animal feeding or salvage.
UNSOUND FOOD.
Food Condemned During the Year 1949.
Fruit and Vegetables 193 cwts.
Fish 344¾ stone
Meat 8 cwts.
Perishable Goods 86 cwts.
Tinned Foods 4693 tins
OFFENSIVE TRADES:
Number of premises in district 3
Nature of Trades:—
One Soap Boiler.
Two Rag and Bone Dealers.
CANAL BOATS:
Number of Boats on Register:—
Motor Propelled Boats 94
Other Boats 408
TABLE XV.
Inspections: FACTORIES ACT, 1937.
Premises
Number on
Register
Number of
Inspections
Made
Written
Notices
Occupiers
Prosecuted
(i) Factories in which
Secs. 1, 2, ,3. 4 and
6 are to be enforced
by Local Authorities
153
28
1
-
(ii) Factories not included
in (i) in
which Section 7 is
enforced by Local
Authority
303
116
1
-
(iii) Other premises in
which Section 7 is
enforced by Local
Authority (excluding
outworkers'
premises)
-
-
-
-
TOTALS
456
144
2
-
32