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Orpington 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Orpington]
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FOOD AND DRUGS ACT, 1938. SECTION 14.
One hundred and forty shops and food premises have been registered under this Section of the Act:—
| Ice Cream Stores | 128 |
| Fish Shops (Fried) | 7 |
| Butchers' Shops | 4 |
| Fish and Meat Paste Factory | 1 |
| 140 |
Food Premises.
There are some 467 food premises in the area, made up as under:—
| Bakers and Confectionery | 26 |
| Butchers | 40 |
| Chemists | 20 |
| Clubs and Hotels | 9 |
| Confectionery | 54 |
| Dairies | 12 |
| Fishmongers (Wet, Dried and Fried) | 25 |
| Greengrocery | 45 |
| Grocery | 92 |
| Hospitals | 2 |
| Industrial Canteens | 9 |
| Public Houses | 46 |
| Restaurants, etc. | 56 |
| School Canteens | 14 |
| Slaughterhouses | 9 |
| Street Vendors | 8 |
| 467 |
Milk.
Licences were issued in respect of the sale of milk having a special designation, as follow:—
| Tuberculin Tested | Dealer's Licences | 12 |
| Supplementary Licences | 2 | |
| Pasteurised | Dealer's Licences | 12 |
| Supplementary Licences | 2 | |
| Pasteuriser's | Dealer's Licences | 1 |
| Sterilised | Dealer's Licences | 26 |
| Supplementary Licences | 2 |
One hundred and sixty-six visits were made to the twelve registered
dairies in the district and fifty-eight samples were sent to the
Public Analyst for the prescribed tests. All but seven samples of
Pasteurised Milk were satisfactory, and in these cases subsequent
samples satisfied the tests.
Unsound Food.
During the year 1953, a total of one thousand, one hundred and
eighty-eight Food Condemnation Certificates were issued, affecting in
quantity approximately four tons of varied articles of food.