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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
Carshalton 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Carshalton]
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TABLE 9.
Inspection of Food Premises and Action Taken.
| Nature of Business. | No. of Premises. | No. Selling Ice Cream. | No. of Inspections. | Defective Drainage Remedied. | Sinks or wash-basins provided. | Means of hot-water supply provided. | Means of maintaining reasonable temperature provided. | Ventilation provided. | Food preparation rooms repaired and/or cleansed. | Food storage room provided. | Refuse bins provided. | Other Defective Conditions Remedied. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bakers and Confectioners | 15 | 4 | 62 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Bakehouses | 5 | — | 54 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Butchers | 37 | — | 199 | 1 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Canteens | 16 | — | 66 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Chemists | 16 | — | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cinemas | 1 | 1 | — _ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Confectioners (Sweets only) | 72 | 46 | 106 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Milk Shops | 8 | 3 | 57 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Fishmongers | 19 | — | 99 | — | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| General Stores | 4 | 2 | 17 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Greengrocers and Fruiterers | 44 | 1 | 102 | — | — | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| Grocers (and Corn Chandlers) | 85 | 12 | 291 | 1 | — | 10 | 1 | 2 | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| Hotels (with Catering Facilities) | 5 | — | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Hotels (without Catering Facilities) | 8 | — | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ice Cream Factories | 3 | — | 35 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ice Cream Vehicles | Various | — | 38 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Licensed Premises | 26 | — | 5 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Restaurants and Cafes | 27 | 11 | 156 | 3 | 2 | 4 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 |
| Stalls, Food | Various | — | 100 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Vehicles, Food | Various | — | 177 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 80 | 1,604 | 7 | 2 | 25 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 |