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Kensington 1960

[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 1960s-
Premises registered under -
No. of
premises
No. of
inspections
(1) Section 16, Food and Drugs Act, 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 36O 113+
(b) for the preparation or manufacture
of sausages or potted, pressed,
pickled or preserved food intended
for sale 134 135
(2) Milk & Dairies (General) Regulations, 1959
as dairies or where the occupier
is registered for the sale of milk in
sealed containers only 215 264
+ 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
2
" - others
6
9
Bread and cake shops
44
19
Butchers
62
106
Dairies and premises where milk is sold
215
264
Fishmongers
19
71
Food Factories
12
17
General stores
82
117
Greengrocers
89
39
Grocers
215
471
Ice-cream
360
113
Preserved food
26
29
Public houses and off-licences
190
40
Restaurants and cafes
322
240
Sweet shops
163
69
Street markets, stalls and storage premises
96
339
(licensed
traders)
(166 miscellaneous
visits)
Milk (Special Designations)(Raw Milk) Regulations, 1949/54
These regulations were revoked by the Milk (Special
Designations) Regulations, 1960 and, for practical purposes, the
new regulations will operate in Kensington from 1st January, 1961.
Licenses granted during 1960, under the 1949/54 Regulations
, were as follows:-