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INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD.
Regular observation is kept of all food exposed or deposited for sale
in slaughter-houses, butchers' shops, cooked meat shops, fishmongers'
premises, stalls, market places, etc.
SLAUGHTER -HOUSES.
There are four in the Borough which are licensed annually.
Notice is given to this department when animals are to be slaughtered,
and all carcases and viscera are examined before being offered for sale.
The following are the premises and the licensees:—
Situation of Premises.
Name of Licensee.
129, Hillingdon Street
Messrs. Newbury & Manktelow.
70, Union Road
George Challis.
244, Walworth Road
Messrs. Chalk & Cox, Ltd.
283-5 Walworth Road
Messrs. R. C. Hammett, Ltd.
During the year 428 oxen, 3,930 sheep and 1,259 pigs were slaughtered.
The total weight found to be unsound was 13 cwts. 21 lbs., of which
9 cwts. 6 lbs. were destroyed on premises where found, and 4 cwt.
15 lbs. were destroyed at the Council's Depot.
LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL (GENERAL POWERS) ACT, 1932,
SEC.5.
Registration of Premises for Sale, etc., of Ice Cream
and Preserved Food.
The following table shows the number of premises registered and (the
inspections made:—
Premises.
Registered.
Inspections.
Ice Cream
272
323
Butchers' premises
90
817
Provision Dealers
61
549