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Tottenham 1921

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham District]

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SLAUGHTER HOUSES.
There are 14 private slaughter-houses in the district. Some of
them are not in all respects ideal, but they are kept in such a reasonable
condition of cleanliness that there has been no justification for
action on our part.
DAIRIES, COWSHEDS AND MILKSHOPS.
17 applications (10 from purveyors and 7 from dairymen) were
received during the year for registration under the Dairies, Cowsheds
and Milkshops Order, 1885. These were acceded to.
There are at present upon the register 6 cowkeepers, 44 dairymen,
and 109 purveyors of milk.
UNSOUND FOOD.
The Sanitary Inspectors have seized or had brought to them for
condemnation the following articles:—
Meat:— Fish.—Contd.
Corned Beef, 55lb. 6 tins. Cod's Roe, 4 boxes.
Pigs' Heads, 12. Filleted Cod, 15 boxes.
Pigs' Plucks, 3. Haddocks, 4 boxes.
Collar pieces, 5. ,, 3 trunks.
Pork, 6½cwt. Herrings, 1,485 tins.
Rabbits, 701b. ,, 8½ barrels.
,, 31 cases. ,, 4 cases.
,, 2 boxes. Kippers, 16 boxes.
Fruit and Vegetables:— Mackerel, 1½ boxes.
Apples, 8 barrels. Megrums, 1 box.
Apricots, 7 tins. Mussels, 1 bag.
Cherries, 1 basket. Plaice, 1 box.
Grapes, 231b. ,, 1 trunk.
,. 2 boxes Roker Wings, 281b.
Onions, ¾cwt. Salmon, 7 tins.
Peaches, 3 tins. Sardines, 2 tins.
Pears, 4 tins. Shrimps, 1 pad.
Pineapple, 2 tins. Skate, 5 stone.
Tangerines, 2 boxes. ,, 1 cwt.
Tomatoes, 175 boxes. ,, 1 box.
,, 90 packages. ,, 1 trunk.
,, 29 tins. Whiting, 2 trunks.
Chestnuts, 4 bags. Miscellaneous: —
Fish:— Butter, 16Jlb.
Chats, 1 trunk. Condensed Milk, 69 tins.
Cod, 2 trunks. Fish Paste, 1 jar.