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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

Hackney 1936

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]

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Table: The following is a summary of the legal proceedings instituted in respect of seized unsound food:—

The following is a summary of the legal proceedings instituted in respect of seized unsound food:—

Address.Complaint.Magistrate's Decision.
38 & 40, Upper Clapton RoadDid deposit for sale 87 tins of food (various) intended and unfit for food of man.Summons dismissed, intention to sell for food of man not proved.
2, Median RoadDid have in possession chestnuts intended and unfit for food of man.Fined 10s. and £2 2s. costs.
Do.Did wilfully obstruct Inspector and prevent him from seizing chestnuts mentioned above.Fined 10s.
Stall, Ridley RoadDid have in possession five boxes of confectionery exposed for sale and unfit for food of man.Fined £3 and £1 Is. costs.
68-72, Ridley RoadDid have in possession two dead fowls exposed for sale and unfit for food of man.Fined £1 and £1 Is. costs.

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Proceedings were also taken during the year against a shopkeeper
for failing to observe due cleanliness in regard to biscuits
exposed for sale, and against a stallholder who failed to protect from
contamination confectionery exposed for sale on his stall. A fine
of 10s. 6d. was imposed in each case.
Bakehouses.— There are 89 bakehouses in the Borough, 43 of
which are underground. Two hundred and seventy-seven inspections
of bakehouses were made during the year and 48 notices were
served requiring the cleansing of walls and ceilings.

Table: The following is a summary of the food premises in the Borough that are regulated by Statute, together with the number of inspections made:—

The following is a summary of the food premises in the Borough that are regulated by Statute, together with the number of inspections made:—

No. of premises.No. of Inspections.
Artificial Cream Act, 1929Artificial Cream Factories118
Factory and Workshop Acts, 1901-1907Bakehouses (above ground)46277
Do. (below ground)43
Food and Drugs (Adulteration) Act, 1928Wholesale Margarine Dealers2621
Do. do.Butter Factories114
Hackney Borough Council By-laws, 1927Market Streets with Food Stalls1,020
London County Council By-laws, 1891Slaughter-houses—Cattle8600
Do. do. Poultry330
London County Council By-laws, 1914Fish Friers65165
Fish shops (wet)1690