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
Stepney 1959
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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Table 17.
SUMMARY OF WORK OF PUBLIC HEALTH INSPECTORS (FOOD)
| No. | Visits or Inspections | Notices | Legal Proceedings | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Registered Premises | ||||
| Milk Distributors - Dairies | 11 | 256 | 2 | - |
| - Other | 215 | |||
| Licences issued to persons under the Milk (Special Designations)(Pasteurised & Sterilised Milk) & (Raw Milk) Regulations, 1949-54 | 552 | |||
| Ice Cream Premises - Sale | 292 | |||
| - Manufacture | 28 | 199 | 4 | - |
| - Storage only | 2 | |||
| Prepared Food Premises - Meat | 85 | |||
| - Fish | 46 | 304 | 32 | - |
| - Onion Peeling | 2 | |||
| Other Premises | ||||
| Bakehouses - basement | 6 | |||
| - ground level | 35 | 344 | 14 | 1 |
| Bakers shops | 64 | 1 | ||
| Butchers shops and stalls | 112 | 311 | 39 | - |
| Catering establishments | 985 | 1910 | 138 | 1 |
| Grocers (wholesale and retail) | 157 | 174 | 27 | - |
| Greengrocers and fruiterers | 684 | 622 | 57 | - |
| Grocers (wholesale and retail) | 378 | 908 | 18 | - |
| Public Houses and Off Licences | 274 | l6l | 15 | - |
| Poultry Dealers (excluding butchers) | 82 | 109 | 18 | - |
| 4 | 452 | - | - | |
| Wharves | 42 | 831 | - | - |
| Miscellaneous. Food. Premises | 338 | 959 | 18 | - |
| Meat Vehicles | - | 136 | 3 | - |
| Revisits | - | 920 | - | - |
| 8596 | 385 | 3 |
There are 2,908 food premises, including stalls, in the Borough.
Some of the premises listed above are included under more than one trade
category.
(contd.)
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