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PUBLIC HEALTH (MEAT) REGULATIONS, 1924.
The attention of your Medical Officer of Health was directed to a
type of shop window that a butcher of the District was employing, so as
to meet the requirements of the Public Health (Meat) Regulations, 1924,
in the spirit as well as in the letter. An Officer of the Ministry of Health
visited the premises with your Medical Officer of Health, and was so
satisfied with the design of the window and the protection afforded
to the meat from contamination that he advised that members of the
Society of Medical Officers should be given the opportunity of inspecting
the arrangements. It is claimed for the window that in the heat of
summer there is a difference between the outside and inside temperature
of about 40 degrees.
This effort to protect the food supply is in striking contrast to the
open-windowed shops with stalls in front, exposed to the dust raised by
wind and fast-travelling vehicles. The Public Health (Meat) Regulations,
1924, should be repealed, and adequate provision made for all articles
intended for the food of man being properly protected from contamination.
UNSOUND FOOD.
The Sanitary Inspectors have seized, or had brought to them for
condemnation, the following articles:—
Meat:—
2 Pigs.
3 Pigs' Heads.
89 lb. Pork.
264 lb Beef
21 lb. Mutton.
5 Ox Livers.
1 case Rabbits.
Fish:—
12 stone and 1 box Skate.
4 stone and 2 trunks Cod.
2½ stone and 1 box Plaice.
1 trunk Hake.
stone and 2 boxes Haddocks.
2 boxes Whiting.
5 boxes Kippers.
1½ bags and 5 bushels Winkles.
Fruit and Vegetables:—
1 barrel Grapes.
38 boxes Apples.
FOOD POISONING.
American Canned Corned Beef caused the illness of a dozen or more
residents in Tottenham. The meat was sold from a shop in a neighbouring
district. Samples of the meat were sent to the Ministry of Health for
examination, and serological tests of the blood of certain of the sufferers