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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
Hampstead 1912
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hampstead, Metropolitan Borough of]
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The food premises inspected during the year, together with the nature of the business carried on, were as follows:—
| Butcher and Pork Butcher | 65 |
| Confectioner | 94 |
| Grocer | 70 |
| Provision and Cheesemonger | 42 |
| Greengrocer and Fruiterer | 72 |
| Fishmonger | 31 |
| Fried Fish Shops | 10 |
| General Shops | 23 |
| 407 |
953 inspections were made of these premises during the year and
89 notices were served.
This list does not include bakehouses, milk shops, restaurants, and
slaugterhouses, to which reference is made elsewhere.
Milk Supply.
The number of persons registered as purveyors of milk at the end
of 1912 was 76, and the number of premises on which milk is sold was
100. The difference in the two numbers was accounted for by the fact
that some of the milksellers occupy more than one shop.
The premises on which milk is sold are as follows:—
| Dairies | 51 |
| Bakehouses and Confectioners | 21 |
| Restaurants and Coffee Shops | 12 |
| General Shops | 16 |
Three of the registered milksellers do not occupy shops, two being
registered in reference to refreshment tents on Hampstead Heath on
Bank Holidays, and one has a milk round outside the Borough but
keeps his barrow and utensils in the Borough.
During the year 453 inspections were made of premises where milk is sold, 26 notices were served, and the following works were carried out:—
| Premises or parts of premises repaired, cleansed, and limewashed | 31 |
| Water cisterns cleansed | 4 |
| Drains repaired or reconstructed | 8 |
| Drain inlets inside premises abolished | 4 |
| Soil pipes reconstructed | 2 |
| Water-closets repaired or renewed | 6 |
| Water-closets cleansed | 4 |