Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Sutton and Cheam]
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Twenty one samples were examined and all placed in provisional
Grade I, none contained faecal coli and in two cases only were
conforms found to be present.
MEAT AND OTHER FOODS
Food Shops. The fifty four butchers shops (including two
horseflesh shops) within the Borough have been inspected and
observation kept upon the vehicles used for the conveyance of meat
and offal.
In general the provisions of the Public Health (Meat)
Regulations have been well observed.
Remedial action was taken in seven cases where the sanitary
conditions were not satisfactory, or certain contraventions of
the Regulations existed.
Forty eight butchers premises are registered in accordance
with the Food and Drugs Act, 1938, Section 14.
The registrations are mainly for the manufacture of sausages.
A further eight food premises are registered, six of which
are for the preparation of potted, pressed, pickled or preserved
foods, one for the manufacture of Jam and one under Section 34 as
a wholesale dealer in margarine.
Eighty seven cases of insanitary of defective conditions
found to exist in food shops other than butchers shops were
remedied.
Food Premises. The following table shews the number and type of food premises in the Borough and the number of primary inspections made.
Type of Food premises | Number | Inspections |
---|---|---|
Bakehouses | 21 | 37 |
Butchers (including two horseflesh shops) | 54 | 130 |
Confectioners (Sugar and flour) | 135 | 144 |
Dairies and Milk Distributors | 41 | 35 |
Dining Rooms/Snack Bars/Coffee Stalls | 10 | 13 |
Fishmongers/Fried Fish | 37 | 57 |
General shops and multiple stores | 36 | 43 |
Grocers | 119 | 127 |
Greengrocers/Stalls | 84 | 104 |
Ice Cream (Sale of) | 187 | 178 |
Licenced public houses | 36 | 23 |
Restaurants/Cafes, | 64 | 80 |