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Pasteurised Milk Licences:-
Pasteurisers' Licences 3
Dealers' Licences 14
Supplementary Licences 5
MEAT AND OTHER FOODS.
There are 6 licensed slaughterhouses in.,the district, and
one of these carries on a large wholesale trade. 582 inspections
were made, and the number of animals slaughtered was 13,768, made
up as follows:-
Bovines - 930.
Sheep - 5,239
Swine - 7,599.
Summary of Diseased Meat dealt with at
Slaughterhouse os and Shops.
Swine.- 25 Carcases; 239 Heads; 101 sets Lungs;
106 Livers 49 Mesenteries; 1 Spleen.
Sheep.- 2 Carcases; 158 Livers; 111 sets Lungs;
2 Hearts.
Bovine.- 8 Heads; 15 sets Lungs 10 Livers;
3 Tongues; 2 Mesenteries
334 visits wore paid to Butchers' Shops.
149 „ „ „ „ „ Fish Shops .
218 „ „ l! „ Fruiterers ' Shops
112 „ „ i! „ Ice Cream Shops & Factory.
131 „ 11 „ „ Bakehouses. '
There are 4 basement bakehouses in the district, and
when reviewing these under Section 54 of the Factories Act, 1937,
it was decided to give the occupiers of 3 of these premises notice
that the Certificate issued under the Factory and Workshop Act,
1901, would cease to have effect in July, 1940.
Miscellaneous Unsound Foodstuffs dealt with
219 lbs. beef; 21 tins corned beef; 17 tins ham; 19 lbs.
pressed ham; 39½ lbs. gammon; 31 lbs. bacon; 5 tins chicken
& ham roll; 2 tins jellied veal; 6½ stone cod; 1 box whiting
(6 stone); 1 stone dog fish; 8 stone skate; 5 stone coley;
2 boxes lobsters; 1 box crabs; 4-1 galls, peas; 14 tins baked
beans; 10 lbs. apple rings; 17 boxes tomatoes.
Adulterat ion, etc .
The County Medical Officer of Health regrets, that owing
to depleted clerical staff and other difficulties associated
with the war, he is not in a position to furnish the usual
information regarding samples taken in Tottenham.
PREVALENCE OF, AND CONTROL OVER, INFECTIOUS AND OTHER DISEASES.
Scarlet Fever.
The number of cases notified was 335. Of this number,
167 were removed to Isolation Hospital.
Diphtheria.
The number of notified cases was 60 Colidared with 221 in
1938. 1 Death occurred from this disease.