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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
Fulham 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Fulham Borough]
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INSPECTION OF FOOD AND FOOD PREMISES.
This is extremely important for the health of
the inhabitants. The inspections are made for
many reasons but principally (1) to ensure that
articles of food or food animals are sound, wholesome,
free from disease and fit for the food of man: (2)
that the premises are in good sanitary condition
and clean, and (3) that the persons engaged in food
occupations are clean in their persons and free from
disease and that they carry out their duties in a
hygienic and wholesome manner.
The public can assist materially by encouraging
clean food shops and discouraging any that are not
obviously clean and hygienic.
The following table shows the number of inspections of the various types of food premises:—
| Milk Shops and Dairies | 515 |
| Ice Cream Premises | 171 |
| Butchers' Shops | 274 |
| Fish Shops | 40 |
| Fried Fish Shops | 98 |
| Fish Curing Premises | 25 |
| Greengrocers' and Fruiterers' Premises | 134 |
| Cooked Meat Shops | 159 |
| Eel and Pie Shops | 20 |
| Dining Rooms and Eating Houses | 269 |
| Restaurants | 81 |
| Licensed Premises | 162 |
| Street Traders' Storage Premises | 197 |
| Slaughter Houses | 89 |
| Bakehouses | 404 |
| Bakers' Shops without bakehouses attached | 47 |
| Food Factories other than those included above | 172 |
| Other Food Premises | 191 |
| Total | 3048 |
As will be seen on reading the following pages,
the Food Inspector is not the only Inspector carrying
out food inspections. The District Inspectors and
the Female Sanitary Inspector also take a very active