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 Greenwich Borough]
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Bakehouses
At the end of the year, 12 premises in the Borough were being
used as bakehouses, none of which was underground.
Bakehouses and bakers' shops were visited on 24 occasions and.
as a result of the inspections, 6 sanitary defects were remedied.
Catering Establishments
As a result of 404 visits of inspection to the catering establish—
ments, insanitary conditions were remedied and improvements,
mainly redecoration and cleansing of kitchens, were effected on 130
occasions.
Ninety-six improvements were carried out at public houses as
a result of informal action.
Food Rejected
The following table is a summary of unsound food voluntarily
surrendered during the year :—
Shops, Stalls, etc.:—
Meat—
Bacon 64 lbs.
Beef 2,862 „
Chicken 176 „
Lamb 634 „
Lambs' Hearts 4 „
Lambs' Livers 50 „
Minced Beef 98 „
Ox Tripe 25 „
Pigs' Kidneys 9 „
Pigs' Livers 26 „
Pigs' Melts 28 „
Pigs' Trotters 20 „
Pork 813 „
Rabbit 3 „
Sausages 114 „
Turkey 73 „
Veal 32 „
5,031 lbs.