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
Greenwich 1971
[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 28 occasions and,
as a result of the inspections, 11 sanitary defects were remedied.
Catering Establishments
As a result of 564 visits of inspection to the catering establishments,
insanitary conditions were remedied and improvements
mainly redecoration and cleansing of kitchens, were effected on
112 occasions.
Ninety-six improvements were carried out at public houses as
a result of informal action.
| Shops, Stalls, etc.:— | |
|---|---|
| Meat— | |
| Bacon | 1,847 lbs. |
| Beef | 1,939 „ |
| Beef Sausages | 44 „ |
| Chicken | 864 „ |
| Lamb | 607 „ |
| Lambs' Hearts | 150 ., |
| Lambs' Livers | 374 „ |
| Ox Kidneys | 43 „ |
| Ox Livers | 214 „ |
| Pigs' Kidneys | 104 „ |
| Pigs' Livers | 114 „ |
| Pigs' Spleens | 28 „ |
| Pigs' Trotters | 46 „ |
| Pork | 833 „ |
| Pork Sausages | 51 „ |
| Rabbits | 255 „ |
| Sheep Kidneys | 20 „ |
| Turkey | 572 „ |
| 8,105 lbs. | |