Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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authority to retain the premises on the register or to register the premises (as the
case may be) and the costs of any such appeal shall be paid in such manner and
by such parties to the appeal as the court may direct.
(7) In the case of meat or fish the word "preserved" in subsection (1) of this
section includes preparation by any process of cooking.
(8) (a) This section shall not apply to any premises used as a club, hotel or
restaurant.
(b) This section in its application to any premises used as a theatre
music-hall or cinema shall be read and have effect as if the purposes mentioned
in sub-paragraph (i) of paragraph (a) of sub-section (1) thereof were restricted
to the manufacture for the purpose of sale of ice-cream or other similar commodity.
Owing to the difficulty in knowing exactly what processes of
food preparation required registration under this Section, the
matter was considered by the Metropolitan Branch of the Society
of Medical Officers of Health, who formed a sub-committee to
discuss the matter with County Council legal officials who drafted
the Bill, and the Metropolitan Branch of the Society came to the
following conclusions, which are in accordance with the views of
the County Council officials:—
The premises recommended for registration are those where the
following articles are made:
Sausages and allies; large and small; with or without skins.
Saveloys. Haggis.
Black puddings. Rissoles.
White puddings. Bladders of Lard.
Meat: Potted, Pressed, Pickled, Preserved.
Potted meat or head, tongues, etc.
Meat pastes.
Meat extracts.
Faggots.
Cooked meats, sheep's head, etc., Pork.
Meat pies, Pork pies.
Dripping.
Brawn.
Brisket (pressed).
Meat and Pork (pressed).
Meat and Pork (pickled).
Trotters (pickled).
Hams—Boiled, cooked, smoked or cured or otherwise preserved.
Bacon
Fish: Potted, Pressed, Pickled, Preserved.
Pastes—various.
Cured or dried fish.
Eel pies and jellied eels.
Pickled or soused.
Canned.
Other Foods: Potted, Pressed, Pickled, Preserved.
Canned soups containing meat.
Hors d'oeuvres, if containing meat or fish.