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Tottenham 1951
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]
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Manufacture of Sausages 6
Manufacture of Sausages and Preparation of Preserved Foods 5
Middlesex County Council Act, 1950: Section 11 - Registration
of Hawkers.
Section 11 of the Middlesex County Council Act 1950 was adopted
by Tottenham and came into operation in the Borough on the
1st April, 1951 This section which replaces section 279 of the
Middlesex County Council Act, 1944, extends the requirements for
the registration of food hawkers so that it is now necessary for
hawkers of any foodstuff to be registered by the Council 16 new
applications were investigated by the sanitary inspectors in 1951
and found to be satisfactory.
The following is a summary of the registration of hawkers and their storage premises as at the 31st December, 1951 :-
| Articles | Number of Persons Registered for sale | Number of Storage Premises |
|---|---|---|
4 hawkers were found to have discontinued using their storage premises
Slaughterhouses and Knackers' Yards
Five premises are licensed as slaughterhouses under Section
57 of the Food and Drugs Act, 1938 Regular slaughtering is
carried on at only one of these and this establishment deals
solely with the slaughter of horses for human consumption.
The number of horses slaughtered in the slaughterhouse
during the past four years is as follows:-
1948 1949 1950 1951
3,189 2,889 2,750 2,856