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Fulham 1928

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Fulham]

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89.
Food Shops and Food Stalls.
All food shops, stalls, barrows and the Fulham
Market have been kept under careful supervision during
the year and two of the Sanitary Inspectors have been on
special duty, as in previous years, every Friday and
Saturday night with regard to these food premises.
Slaughterhouses.—There are two licensed slaughterhouses
in the Borough situated at
No. 611, Fulham Road, and
No. 640, King's Road.
During the year Inspector Manning has made 312
visits of inspection to these premises.
The slaughterhouses, lairs and utensils have been
kept in a cleanly condition.
Milk —Of 591 samples examined, 15 or 2.5 per
cent., were adulterated as compared with 1.5 per cent.
in 1927, 0.57 per cent. in 1926, and 1.0 per cent. in 1925.
Details of legal proceedings instituted by the Council
will be found on page
Milk Sellers—
Number on Register, 31st December, 1927 113
Number who discontinued sale of milk during the
year, or business transferred 4
Number of registrations granted during 1928 10
Number on Register, 31st December, 1928 119
During the year, fifteen applications were received
for permission to sell bottled sterilised milk from premises
which were not suitable for registration as dairies. The
necessary registrations were granted in every case, provided
the milk was not to be supplied otherwise than in
the closed and unopened receptacles in which it was
delivered to the premises.