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Hampstead 1919

Report for the year 1919 of the Medical Officer of Health

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Restaurant Kitchens, etc.
The total number of these premises 011 the register at the end of
1919 was 63. They are kept under regular supervision, 182 mspecions
have been made and 6 notices served during the year.
Meat Supply,
The Meat Supply of the Borough is on the whole good, and in
only six cases has any unsound or diseased meat been found by the
Sanitary Inspectors during the year.
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.
Sale of Food and Drugs Act.
504 samples were taken for analysis during the year. The
number certified to be adulterated was 5, or per 1 cent, of the total
number, as against 25 in 1918. 1 sample was certified to be of low
quality.
474 samples were purchased from Hampstead tradesmen and 30
from tradesmen coming from other districts. The percentage of
adulterated samples in the two classes was 0'84 and 3'3 respectively.

The following table shows the articles of which samples were taken during the year :—

Articles.Number taken.Adulterated.Low Quality
Butter44--
Camphorated oil2
Cheese14
Cocoa26
Coffee25
Cream2
Dripping1
Flour (self-raising)3
Lard44
Margarine37
Milk28651
Mustard4
Pepper7-
Rice, ground2-
Sago1
Sausages2
Tea2
Vinegar2-
Totals50451