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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

Chelsea 1955

Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1955

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43
INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD
As required by current legislation, registers are maintained of all
persons carrying an trades connected with the manufacture, storage, and
sale of food.
Traders and their staffs are kept informed of the latest methods
adopted for the hygienic handling, wrapping and delivery of food, and the
great majority are appreciative of such information.

Table: The following summary gives details of the types of businesses receiv-ing the attention of the Public Health Department:-

The following summary gives details of the types of businesses receiv-ing the attention of the Public Health Department:-

Bakehouses6
Butchers29
Milk Retailers (including dairies)46
Food Factories4
Fried Fish Premises2
Fruit and Vegetable Retailers35
General Provision Merchants56
Industrial Canteens.7
+Miscellaneous Premises31
Public Houses and Hotels51
Restaurants193
Wet Fish Retailers9
Wet and Fried Fish Retailer1

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+ Off-Licences, Bottling Stores, Cake Shops and
Sweet Shops.
As required under Section 16 of the Food and Drugs Act, 1955, or
other local acts, the registrations of 108 premises for the storage and
sale of Ice Cream, and 39 premises for the sale of Preserved Foods, are
operative.