London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Kensington 1958

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Borough]

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Inspection of Food Premises
Premises, where food is prepared, stored or exposed for
sale for human consumption, are frequently inspected. The following
is a record of the inspections made by the public health inspectors
engaged on this work for 1958 -
Premises registered under -
No. of
premises
No. of
inspections
(l) Section l6a Food and Drugs Acta 1955
(a) for the sale, or the manufacture
for the purpose of sale, of ice-cream,
or the storage of ice-cream intended
for sale
312 85 +
(b) for the preparation or manufacture
of sausages or potted, pressed,
pickled or preserved food intended
for sale
112 228
(2) Milk and Dairies Regulations, imhA.
as dairies or where the occupier
is registered for the sale of milk
in sealed containers only
225 832

+ Additional inspections of the premises (not primarily in connection with the sale of ice-cream) are recorded under different headings in the following table.

Food premises (all categories)No. of premisesNo. of inspections
Bakehouses - underground611
" - others1113
Bread and cake shops4520
Butchers71171
Dairies and premises where milk is sold225246
Fishmongers3054
Food factories511
General stores11160
Greengrocers10983
Grocers222426
Ice-cream31285
Preserved food2157
Public houses and off-licences152133
Restaurants and cafes254416
Sweet shops168100
Street markets, stalls and storage premises79 (licensed traders. )176
118
(Miscellaneous .)

Milk (Special Designations)(Raw Milk) Regulations, 1949/54
During the year licences under these Regulations were
granted as follows s~