London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
City of Westminster 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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Food Shops and Other Food Premises (other than Catering Establishments).
| Primary. | Re-inspections. | |
|---|---|---|
| Bakehouses | 40 | 78 |
| Dairies and milkshops | 227 | 55 |
| Fried fish shops | 3 | 7 |
| Ice cream premises—Sale | 40 | 23 |
| Ice cream premises—Manufacture | 31 | 25 |
| Meat shops | 37 | 29 |
| Other meat shops (preserved food, &c.) | 4 | 3 |
| Stalls | 28 | 32 |
| Confectioners | 28 | 12 |
| Fruit and greengrocery | 20 | 17 |
| Provision shops | 60 | 118 |
| Other food premises | 111 | 74 |
| Fish and poultry | 18 | 9 |
| 647 | 482 |
Included in the above totals are visits in connection with the sale
of horseflesh and inquiries into food poisoning outbreaks.
Other Food Premises.
Under this heading are included:—
(1) Off-licences.
(2) Food factories.
(3) Bonded warehouses.
(4) Chemists' shops.
(5) Visits made in connection with applications for entry on the
List of Persons entitled to sell poisons included in Part II
of the Poisons List.
(6) Visits to various offices in connection with inquiries regarding
adulterated samples.
Basement Bakehouses.
There now remain only nine underground bakehouses in respect of
which Certificates of Suitability have been renewed. Of the nineteen
reviewed, at the end of the quinquennium, ten had been closed.