[Report 1918] / Medical Officer of Health, East Retford U.D.C. / Borough.

  • East Retford (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1918
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Credit: [Report 1918] / Medical Officer of Health, East Retford U.D.C. / Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Report of Inspector of Meat County Police Station, Retford, Notts. 31st October, 1918. Gentlemen, I have the honour to report for your inform- ation that during the past year I have inspected the Butcher’s and Fishmonger’s Shops in the Borough on Thursdays and Saturdays, and found the meat killed in this town and the fish exposed for sale have been of ex- cellent quality, but some of the chilled beef has been very inferior and badly bruised in transit, in fact, two fore quarters were seized, one on the 11th May at Mr. Gyles’ shop, and one on the 22nd August at Mr. Spray’s shop, in consequence of their being unfit for food. I also seized at Mr. Burton’s slaughterhouse, Churchgate, two carcases of beef, one on the 10th July, and one on the 19th July, as both were badly affected with tuberculosis, all of which were condemned and destroyed. In neither of the above cases were proceedings instituted, as the butchers asked me to examine the meat before it was exposed for sale. I have also inspected the slaughterhouses regularly and found nothing to complain of in the way they are kept, or in the way the animals are slaughtered.