Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Special report on an outbreak of Typhoid Fever in the Borough of Bethnal Green in 1924
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FOOD PREMISES.
Milkshops and Dairies.
Forty-four applications for registration under
the Dairies, Cowsheds and Milkshops Orders were
considered during 1924. Five of these applications
were refused, and the remainder granted.
The figures in regard to registration of Milkshops
are set out below : —
Number of purveyors of milk at retail milkshops
on register at end of 1923 234
Deduct number of purveyors removed from
register during 1924 6
Add number of new purveyors added to
register by resolution of the Public
Health Committee during 1924 11
Number of purveyors of milk at retail milkshops
on register at end of 1924 239
During the year 657 inspections of milkshops
were made by the Inspectors, and 104 notices were
served under the Public Health (London) Act, 1891.
No legal proceedings were found to be necessary.
Milk Special Designations Order, 1923.
One purveyor in the Borough was licensed for
the sale of certified milk, while one supplementary
licence to sell certified milk in the Borough from
premises in Hackney was also granted during the year.
Cowhouses.
There were at the end of 1924 twelve licensed
cowhouses in the Borough, as in previous years ; 51
inspections were made during the year.
* This includes changes of occupier in premises previously on the register.
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