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
Hammersmith 1972
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith.
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104 Sale of mouldy crumpets Legal proceedings. Fine £50 Costs £5
105 ? type of meat sold as chicken Satisfactory. No action.
106 Sour condition of chocolate dairy dessert Legal proceedings. Fine £25 Costs £5
107 ? chicken in cooked chicken and rice Satisfactory product
108 Dirty milk bottle No action
109 Insect in packet of wheatgerm No action
110 Mouldy condition of chocolate fudge cake No action
111 Chocolate raisins contained a stone Legal proceedings. Fine £20 Costs £5
112 Pork luncheon meat had catty odour Referred to producers
113 Piece of metal in bar of chocolate Producers notified.
List of Premises Registered under Section 16, Food & Drugs Act, 1955.
| Ice cream Manufacturers | 3 | |
| Ice Cream Sales Only | 4 | |
| Confectioners selling Ice Cream | 207 | |
| Restaurants selling Ice Cream for consumption off premises | 23 | |
| Grocers selling Ice Cream | 118 | |
| Fruiterers & Greengrocers selling Ice Cream | 12 | |
| Off Licence premises selling Ice Cream | 14 | |
| Bakers selling Ice Cream | 2 | |
| Hairdressers selling Ice Cream | 2 | |
| Fried Fish Shops selling Ice Cream | 1 | |
| 386 | ||
| Butchers preserving meat/and/or manufacturing sausages | 58 | |
| Grocers & Provision dealers preserving meat | 28 | |
| Caterers preserving meat | 3 | |
| Fishmongers curing fish | 20 | |
| Food factories manufacturing sausages and preserved food | 4 | |
| 113 | ||
| Grind Total. | 499 |
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