Sixty-sixth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington.

  • Islington (London, England). Metropolitan Borough.
Date:
1922
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Credit: Sixty-sixth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    1921] 38 The food destroyed or otherwise disposed of (chiefly for pigs' food) so as to prevent its use for human food was as follows: Tons cwts. qrs. lbs. Diseased meat and organs from slaughter-houses - 3 2 8* Disesed or unsound meat, etc., from other sources - 4 1 16 Bacon - 1 1 20 Fish 1 13 3 22 Cheese - 2 0 10 Geese - - 2 12 Eggs - - - 7 Rabbits . - 1 2 24 Fruit, Vegetables, etc. 2 11 0 3 Unwholesome Fruit Pulp 3 4 0 0 Unsound tinned foods (various) 5 11 1 13 Total 13 14 0 23 * Of this quantity 2 qrs. 14 lbs. was Tuberculous. The total amount of unsound or diseased meat, fish, fruit and other food destroyed was 13 tons 14 cwts. 0 qr. 23 lb. The diseases which affected animal food are set out in detail on page Shops, etc., Inspection of.—The number of shops and places where foodstuffs are sold may be approximated for the year as follows: Butchers, provision dealers, etc., shops, 206; meat, provisions, rabbits, tinned foods, etc., stalls, 22; food preparation establishments, 16; fish shops, 100; fish stalls, 12; fruit shops, 190; and about 60 fruit, etc., stalls and barrows. To these 17,246 visits were paid, apportioned as follows: Butchers, Provision Dealers, etc., Shops 6,997 visits. Food Preparation Establishments 311 „ Butcher, Provision, etc., Stalls 1,325 „ Fish Shops 1,624 „ Fish Stalls 673 „ Fruit Shops 2,456 „ Fruit Stalls 3,860 „ Total 17,246 „ Prosecutions.—A juvenile was found exposing unsound pears for sale on a barrow at the Metropolitan Cattle Market on behalf of his father who was not present at the time, and summonses were taken out against the father and the son. On the case being heard, the father did not appear, as it was said he had been called up by the Army owing to the coal strike. The summonses were therefore adjourned sine die. Cowsheds.—There are 4 cowsheds within the Borough, and these received 42 visits and were found generally satisfactory. Offensive Trades include 4 tripe dressers, 2 gut scrapers, and the knackers' yard which received a total of 61 visits. No serious complaint was recorded against them.