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Fulham 1958

[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 basxns20
Water heaters22
New sinks provided21
New W. C.'s provided6
W.C.'s repaired and cleansed14
Kitchens, preparation rooms etc. redecorated79
Floors renewed or repaired13
Shops fronts repaired or redecorated21
New dustbins28
Counter cases for the protection of food11
Improvements to ventilation4
Counter refrigerators8
Gas stoves repaired or renewed7
New refrigerators8
New counters7
Yards cleaned and repaired18
Refuse removed13
First Aid Kits provided17
Renewal of work benches4
Clothes Stores provided4

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.