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In addition to the above a large quantity of unsound fruit
pulp was dealt with at Nine Elms Goods Station. In view of
the difficulty of making a satisfactory examination of the pulp
at the goods station, it was permitted to be removed to the consignees'
premises on condition that the Medical Officers of
Health of the disticts concerned were advised of its arrival.
The Medical Officers of Health in question were duly notified.
Butchers' Shops.
The number of these premises in the Borough appreciably
decreased during the war. There are now only 70, as compared
with 91 in pre-war days. Most of the butchers carried
on sausage-making as an adjunct to their business prior to the
war, but owing to the scarcity and increased cost of meat
supplies only a few of the principal butchers carried on this
part of their business. During the rationing period most of
the meat supplies came day by day from the Metropolitan
Market. In most cases in which it was found necessary to
condemn meat it was generally ascertained to be in an unsound
state when it reached the butcher's premises.
Systematic inspection of butcher's shops was carried out
during the year, and 992 inspections of these premises were
made by the Food Inspector.
Slaughter houses.
There are three licensed slaughter-houses in the Borough,
situated at 345 Battersea Park Road, 205 St. John's Hill, and
351 York Road (small animals only). In only one of these is
slaughtering carried on systematically. In this case a special
permit was granted, presumably as a temporary measure,
during the war, to slaughter for other butchers as well as for
the owner's butcher's business attached to the slaughter-house.
Owing to the very considerable business carried on at this
slaughter-house during the year, a systematic inspection of the
carcases (many of which were distributed to butchers outside
Battersea) was carried out, involving much of the time of the
Food Inspector. The special permit granted by the Licensing
Authority to the owner of this slaughter-house was still in force
at the end of 1919.
Ice Cream.
There are 86 premises in the Borough in which ice cream
is sold. Nine of these ice cream premises were occupied by
Italians, of whom eight carried on a trade from street barrows.
All these premises were kept under systematic inspection.
During the year 340 inspections were made, and ten notices
were served to remedy insanitary conditions, all of which were
complied with.