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 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 premises | No. of inspections |
---|---|---|
Bakehouses - underground | 6 | 11 |
" - others | 11 | 13 |
Bread and cake shops | 45 | 20 |
Butchers | 71 | 171 |
Dairies and premises where milk is sold | 225 | 246 |
Fishmongers | 30 | 54 |
Food factories | 5 | 11 |
General stores | 11 | 160 |
Greengrocers | 109 | 83 |
Grocers | 222 | 426 |
Ice-cream | 312 | 85 |
Preserved food | 21 | 57 |
Public houses and off-licences | 152 | 133 |
Restaurants and cafes | 254 | 416 |
Sweet shops | 168 | 100 |
Street markets, stalls and storage premises | 79 (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~