[Report 1911] / Medical Officer of Health, Atherton U.D.C.
- Atherton (England). Urban District Council.
- Date:
- 1911
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1911] / Medical Officer of Health, Atherton U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![All were stated to be genuine with the exception of one sample of Milk, which was stated to have been deprived of 29% of Ci’eam. The vendoi' was fined 20 - and costs, a total of JB3 7s 2d. There are 72 Workshops on the register, including 23 bakelionses ; these are all visited and inspected. Notices are sent out to the occupiers of the bakehouses reminding them of tlie pei-iod- ical lime-washing. One notice requiring the lime-washing of a bakehouse was received from His iMajesW’s Inspector of Factoi-ies. There are 21 shops for the. sale of Chip Potatoes and Fried Fish. Tliese pi-emise.s have been inspected and kept unde}' observation. The majoi-ity oie. clean and well fitted up, and conducted as fai' as is reasonably [)ossible in a propei' manner. Occasion;tlly complaiivts are made respecting the effluvia thei-efrom : these piincipally aiise fi'0}n the burnt fat, &c., being sjjilled on the hot I'ange. There ai'e 13 Slaughtei' Houses on the registei-, two of them being registered and eleven of thejn licensed annually. One a[}j)lieation for ;i license foi' a slaughter house was I'efnsed, the ]}remises being co}i,sidei'ed unsuitable foi' the piii'posc. d’he abi>\e ai’e generally kept iii good ordei’, being regulai-ly visited, and the casca.ses and meat examined. Notices ai-e sent to the occupiei'S i-eniinding them f)f the ])eriodical lime-washing, which I am pleased to .say is alway.s pi'omptly done. A large quantity of iiieat slaughtei-ed in other distilcts is la-ought int<j the town, and as far as practicable, is inspected. I suggest that as far as is pos.sible, all meat should be effectually covei-ed when being- conveyed through the streets from one jdace t(j auothei', and I may add that dui'ing last .summer some of the butchei'S made strong co}nj)lai)ds of the dust being blown from the streets iiito their shops and on to the meat exposed for sale. This coukl be avoided bv the streets being watei'ed befoi'e being swept. There are twenty registered Cowkeei^ers and Dairjunen, :uid also eight I’urvej'ors of Milk, residing in the district; in addition thei'o are eighteen Cowkeepers, Dairymen and J^uivey(ji's of Milk who reside outside the disti'ict. All the Cowsheds have been visited at least twice during the yeai-. The Cowsheds genei-ally ai-e kept in a satisfactoi'y condition.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28814678_0012.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
