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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

Richmond upon Thames 1959

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Richmond]

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Table: CLASSIFICATION AND INSPECTION OF FOOD PREMISES.The following table classifies food premises in the Borough according to the principal business carried on, and sets out the visits made to each class of trade:—

CLASSIFICATION AND INSPECTION OF FOOD PREMISES.

The following table classifies food premises in the Borough according to the principal business carried on, and sets out the visits made to each class of trade:—

BUSINESSNo. of PremisesNo. of Visits
Bakehouses817
Butchers (includes 33 premises registered for the manufacture of preserved food)3444
Confectioners (Flour)1512
Confectioners (Sugar)4116
Dairies (premises registered under Milk and Dairies Regulations)526
Fishmongers1511
Greengrocers3544
Grocers7387
Ice-Cream Premises (Registered for Manufacture)2130
Ice-Cream Premises (Registered for Sale and Storage)115
Licensed Premises7844
Restaurants, Cafes, etc78174
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IMPROVEMENTS IN FOOD PREMISES.
The standard of hygiene required in food premises is set out in
the Food Hygiene Regulations 1955.
Throughout the post-war years, considerable attention has been
focused, in Richmond, on attaining higher standards in food premises,
and successive annual reports give evidence of the ready co-operation
extended by proprietors and managements in achieving this end. It is
therefore pleasing to record that during the year the work of implementing
the Regulations was effected with the same degree of harmony
and without recourse to statutory action.