Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report for the year 1920 of the Medical Officer of Health
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Restaurant Kitchens, etc.
The total number of these premises on the register at the end of
1920 was 63. They are kept under regular supervision, 262 inspections
have been made and 7 notices served during the year.
Meat Supply.
The Meat Supply of the Borough is on the whole good. A list
of the unsound food seized or surrendered is shown in detail on page 37.
Slaughter Houses.
There are 4 Licensed Slaughter Houses in the Borough, situated
at 40, England's Lane, and 17 and 69, High Street and 6 Fairfax
Mews.
Licensed Slaughter Houses:—In 1914 there were 4; and in Jan.
1920, 4 ; and in Dec., 1920, 4.
There is no public abattoir in the Borough.
Sale of Food and Drugs Act.
506 samples were taken for analysis during the year. The
number certified to be adulterated was 2, or 0.39 per cent, of the total
number, as against l.0 in 1919. 2 samples were certified to be of low
quality.
474 samples (2 of which were adulterated) were purchased from
Hampstead tradesmen and 32 from tradesmen coming from other
districts.
The following table shows the articles of which samples were taken during the year:—
Articles. | Number taken. | Adulterated. | Low Quality. |
---|---|---|---|
Bread | _ 1 | — | — |
Butter | 56 | 1 | — |
Cheese | 20 | — | — |
Cocoa | 22 | — | — |
Coffee | 24 | — | — |
Cream | 6 | — | — |
Dripping | 1 | — | — |
Iodine, Tincture of | 4 | — | — |
Lard | 34 | — | — |
Margarine | 11 | — | — |
Milk | 320 | 1 | 2 |
Mustard | 1 | — | — |
Pepper | 1 | — | — |
Sugar | 5 | — | — |
Totals | 506 | 2 | 2 |