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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 1961
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1961
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INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD
Registers are maintained of all premises connected, with the manufacture,
storage and sale of food.
The following summary gives details of the type of businesses receiving the special attention of the Public Health Inspectors :-
| Bakehouses | 6 |
| Butchers | 26 |
| Horse-flesh butcher | 1 |
| Food Factories (flour-mills, bottling-stores) | 6 |
| Milk Retailers (including dairies) | 59 |
| General Provision Merchants (not selling milk) | 22 |
| Fruit and vegetable retailers | 26 |
| Hotels and Public Houses, Clubs, Restaurants, Dining rooms, Canteens and miscellaneous catering establishments | 193 |
| Fried fish premises | 2 |
| Wet fish retailers | 8 |
| Miscellaneous premises (Bread and cake shops, sweets and confectionery shops, ice-cream Store) | 53 |
Ice Cream Premises
Section 16 (1) (a) of the Food and Drugs Act, 1955, provides for the
registration of premises used for the sale, or the manufacture for the
purpose of sale, of ice-cream, or the storage of ice-cream intended for sale.
At the end of the year the number of premises registered was 116»
Preserved Food Premises
Section 16 (l) (b) of the Food and Drugs Act, 1955, provides for the
registration of premises used for the preparation or manufacture of sausages
or potted, pressed, pickled or preserved food intended for sale o Thirty-three
premises were registered at the end of the year.
PUBLIC HOUSES
Public houses come within the scope of the Food Hygiene (General)
Regulations, 1960, as premises where food and drink are sold. A large
number of the Chelsea public houses have dining-rooms and snack-bars, and
numerous visits were paid to ensure that good standards of hygiene are
maintained.
Various brewers have responded to requests for new, modern equipment
for washing glasses, cutlery and crockery, and have also installed adequate
hand-washing facilities for both staff and customers. Most of the public
houses in the are now provided with adequate sanitary accommodation
and wash-hand basins for both male and female customers.