[Report 1925] / Medical Officer of Health, Droylsden U.D.C.

  • Droylsden (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1925
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Credit: [Report 1925] / Medical Officer of Health, Droylsden U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    sewer, and W.C.’s substituted for pail closets At Cording- lev Farm ])erinissi'0'n to coinnience the trade, of cowkeeper was witliheld until the applicant had complied with the regulations relating to construction of floors, drainage, venti- lation, lighting, and dairy accommodation, and had put the premises generally into satisfactory condition. The Public Health (Meat) Regulations, 1924. These Regulations, wdiich became operative on the 1st April, lb25, contain provisions for the regulation of slaughter-houses and slaughtering, and in particular for requii’ing notices of slaughtering, and of evidence of disease to be given to the apjiropriate officer of the Local Authority, who in the case of Droylsden, is the Sanitary Inspector. Provision is also made for meat marking where the Minister of Health is satisfied that the Local Authority have a.a adequate and competent staff of inspectors. Parts IV, Y and VI. of the Regidations contain provisions for the protec- tion of meat against contamination by dirt, etc., and have been framed with a view to preventing objectionable practices in the handling, storage, and transport of meat, so far as this can be effected by administrative action on the part of local authorities, and it is hoped that the proper enforcement of the present code will go a long way towards securing an improvement in the general conditions under which the meat is treated before it reaches the public. There are however some practices, the Ministry point out, which do not lend themselves to control by regulation, and in regard to which improvement can only be effected by the force of })ublic opinion and the refusal of the public to buy their meat where such conditions obtain. An instance of this is the practice of handling meat before purchase. It’s felt that a specific prohibition of such a practice, where the customer is the party mainly at fault, could not be effectively enforced, but that the co-operation of the trade