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

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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Bethnal Green 1948

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green Borough]

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Other samples examined for the Public Health
Department were :
Twenty samples of Heat Treated Milk, 11 sterilized
and 9 Pasteurised.
These were all satisfactory.
SPECIAL EXAMINATIONS OF FOOD, &c.
During the year, 8 bacteriological or special
chemical examinations were made as follows :
Ice Cream 6
Dinner 1
Water from deep well 1
UNSOUND FOOD.
The number of occasions on which unsound food
was condemned by the Food Inspectors was 276.
INSPECTION OF FOOD PREMISES.

Table: The following premises in which food is prepared or deposited for sale were supervised and inspected by the staff of the department.

The following premises in which food is prepared or deposited for sale were supervised and inspected by the staff of the department.

InspectionsNotices served
Milkshops29831
Poultry slaughterhouses1322
Butchers29619
Fish shops957
Restaurants31526
Bakehouses14817
Ice Cream Vendors26113
Total1,545115