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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Battersea 1922

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea, Metropolitan Borough of]

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Protection of the Food Supply.

Table: Unsound Food.The following is a tabulated return of unsound food seized or voluntarily surrendered during 1922:

Unsound Food.

The following is a tabulated return of unsound food seized or voluntarily surrendered during 1922:

Food.Quantity.Food.Quantity.
Fish.Fruit (tinned).
Cod12 stone.Melocotones16 tins
Cod's Roe4 boxes.Peaches2 tins.
Haddock1 trunk.
Haddock Roes1 box.Meat and Poultry
Hake1 box.Bacon2 qrs.7½ lbs.
Herrings2 boxes.Rabbits133
Mackerel1 box.
Plaice10 stone.
3 boxes.
Salmon1 tin.
Skate Wings30 lbs.
10 stone.
1 box.
Fruit (fresh).Miscellaneous.
Apples14 lbs.Biscuits2 tins.
8 ½-barrels.Meat and
2 bushel boxes.Fish pastes153 small tins.
120 boxes.Sauce19 doz. small
Cocoanuts400bottles.
Pears2 bushelSuet
baskets.(granulated)3½ lbs.
Tomatoes78 bundles.Wheat19 cwts. 1 qr. 23 lbs.
64 boxes.

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Cow-houses.
There is only one licensed cow-house remaining in the Borough,
situate at 17, Wiseton Road.
Slaughterhouses.
There are now only two slaughterhouses remaining in the
Borough, and in only one of these is any extensive or regular
slaughtering business carried on.
These premises are kept under systematic inspection, and
during the year 1922, 311 inspections were made by the Council's
inspector. The carcases of 1,413 animals (oxen 132, calves 12,
sheep 863 and pigs 406) were examined after slaughter.
Butchers' Shops.
The number of butchers' shops in the Borough at the beginning
of the year 1922 was 83. Two new shops were opened during the