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 the year 1950
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INSPECTION AMD SUPERVISION OF FOOD
FOOD HYGIENE.
During the year, the Council's Woman Sanitary Inspector completed
a survey of food-handling establishments in the Borough. Set out below
is a classified list of the premises visited;-
1. PREMISES NOT ENGAGED IN CATERING.
Bakehouses (above ground)1 4
Bakehouses (underground) 8
Flour mill 1
Retail bread and cake shops, 14
Butchers (registered under Section 14 of the Food
and Drugs Acts 1938). 19
Butchers (not registered) 2
Delicatessen shops (all have Meat Manufacturing permits) 6
Dairies (milk bottled on premises) 5
Milk Shop (bottled distributing centre) 1
F ood factcry 1
Fishmongers 12
Fried fish shops 4
Mobile fried fish shop 1
Greengrocers and fruiterers 38
Grocers and provision merchants 25
Grocers (selling milk in sealed containers) 33
Horseflesh butcher 1
Ice cream manuf acturers 2
Sweetshops (registered for sale of ice cream) 15
Sweetshops (not registered) 17
Street traders dealing in foodstuffs on registered
Sited 13
Street traders dealing in foodstuffs on non-
registered sites 2 229
2. PREMISES HAVING CATERING LICENCES,
Cafes, Restaurants and Dining Rooms 94
Public Houses 43
Clubs 24
Youth organisations 12
HOte] 4
Private guest houses 9
Service flats 4
Miscellaneous 18
Nursery Schools (Private) 5
Provision shops (with snack licences) 14
Staff canteens, factories and building sites, 20
Cabmen's shelters 3
Coffee stalls 4 254
TOTALS 483