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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

Hammersmith 1961

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith Borough]

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Table: Premises A list showing the number and type of premises in the borough where food is sold, stored and prepared, is given below: —

Premises A list showing the number and type of premises in the borough where food is sold, stored and prepared, is given below: —

Bakehouses (level)13
Bakehouses (basement)2
Bakers Retail Shops29
Beer Bottlers1
Biscuit Manufacturers2
Butchers65
Cafes and Restaurants260
Canteens and Clubs115
Chemists33
Confectioners (Sweet Shops)138
Fishmongers (wet and fried)24
Fruit and Greengrocers74
Fruit Drinks (bottling)1
Grocers and Provisions195
Honey (packing)1
Ice-Cream Manufacturers3
Jellied Eels and Pies (manufacture and sale)5
Milk Processing Depots2
Milk Distributors124
Off Licences38
Public Houses95
Sweet and Chocolate Manufacturers5
Wine (bottling)1

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Legal proceedings were taken under Section 8, Food and Drugs Act, 1955,
against a butcher for selling a chicken with a diseased liver condition. The liver
tissue showed numerous encapsulated deposits of cancer. The defendant pleaded
"not guilty" to the offence. The Court found the case proved and granted the
defendant an absolute discharge. The Council were awarded 5 guineas costs.

Table: A large quantity of foods, which although unsound, did not call for action under Section 9, was voluntarily surrendered. A list of the commodities and the amounts involved is shown below: —

A large quantity of foods, which although unsound, did not call for action under Section 9, was voluntarily surrendered. A list of the commodities and the amounts involved is shown below: —

Unsound Food Condemned 1961
Bacon 29 lbs.Meat 241 tins
Bacon cooked 221 lbs 221 1bsMilk 9 tins
Baked Beans tins 11 tins 11 tinsNescafe 1 tin
Butter 49 tinsNuts, peeled 7 cwt.
Chicken 2 tinsPaste 2 jars
Coconut Mallows 155 lbs.Peas 3 tins
Cream 1 tinPickles 6 jars
Creamed Rice 1 tinSauce 1gallon
Fish, wet 450 lbs.Sauasage 1tin
Fish 38 tinsSoap 7 tins.
Fruit 784 tinsSpaghetti 17 cwt.
Ham 205 lbs.Tomatoes 43 tins
Ham 66 tinsTomato Juice 16 tins
Jam 6 jarsVegetables 76 tins
Marshmallow Creams 1,752 lbs.Vegetables, dried 13 lbs.
Meat 1,671 lbs.Yams (Nigerian) 5 tons 7 cwt.