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 Fulham Borough]
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51
FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS
Regular inspections were carried out during the year. In no case was it found
necessary to institute legal proceedings.
Type of Business
No. of
premises
No. of
Inspections
Bakehouses (non-basement) 28)
Bakehouses (basement) 9)
Bread and Cake shops 11 66
Butchers' shops 73 269
Confectionery 76 64
Cooked Meat shops 14 31
Milk Pasteurising Establishments 1)
Bottled Milk Depots 2) 194
Milk shops 127)
Eel and Pie shops 3 3
Pood Factories 6 32
Fishmongers shops 28 80
Fried Fish shops 31 76
General Food shops 228 613
Greengrocers and Fruiterers 118 140
Horseflesh butchers 3 7
Ice Cream (Manufacturers and Dealers) 193 248
Licensed Premises 105 71
Restaurants and Dining rooms 142 482
Stalls 100 953
Stallholders' Storage premises 44 25 .
Other Pood Premises 12 258
1,354 3,665
Details of the more important improvements which have been effected in food premises during the year are given below:-
| Wash hand basxns | 20 |
| Water heaters | 22 |
| New sinks provided | 21 |
| New W. C.'s provided | 6 |
| W.C.'s repaired and cleansed | 14 |
| Kitchens, preparation rooms etc. redecorated | 79 |
| Floors renewed or repaired | 13 |
| Shops fronts repaired or redecorated | 21 |
| New dustbins | 28 |
| Counter cases for the protection of food | 11 |
| Improvements to ventilation | 4 |
| Counter refrigerators | 8 |
| Gas stoves repaired or renewed | 7 |
| New refrigerators | 8 |
| New counters | 7 |
| Yards cleaned and repaired | 18 |
| Refuse removed | 13 |
| First Aid Kits provided | 17 |
| Renewal of work benches | 4 |
| Clothes Stores provided | 4 |
Under the provisions of Section 16 of the Food and Drugs Act, 1955, parts of
premises used for the preparation of certain specified articles of food must be
registered with the local authority.