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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

Hampstead 1937

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

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(iii) Premises where foods are manufactured, prepared,
stored or exposed for sale.

Table: These premises are kept under observation by all the Sanitary Inspectors, and during the year 723 inspections were made.

These premises are kept under observation by all the Sanitary Inspectors, and during the year 723 inspections were made.

Premises.No. of Premises on Register.No. of Inspections.No. of Notices.
Bakehouses:—
Factories—
Underground144618
Aboveground16162
Workshops—
Underground121
Aboveground1010—
Fried Fish Shops13141
Ice Cream Premises111449
Milk Premises10714311
Restaurants and Eating-houses1104215
Other Food Premises, e.g,. Butchers, Greengrocers, Grocers, Provision Dealers, etc.56340646

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There is no Cowshed, Slaughterhouse or Poultry Slaughterhouse
in the Borough.
Legal proceedings were instituted against the occupier of an underground
bakehouse for not observing due cleanliness in connection with
the bakehouse, and in respect of the accumulation of refuse. Fines
totalling forty shillings were imposed.
Registration of Food Premises (other than Dairies q.v.p.).
(a) Ice Cream.—There are 111 premises on the Register used for
the manufacture, storage or sale of ice cream.
(b) Preserved Food, Cooked Meat, etc.—Up to the end of the
year, 47 premises had been registered.
(c) Factories of Margarine, Margarine-cheese, or Milk-blended
butter. None of these premises exists in the Borough.
(d) Wholesale dealers in Margarine, Margarine-cheese, or Milkblended
butter.—No premises are registered as wholesale dealers in
Margarine.