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Holborn 1935

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

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The number of such places on the register at the end of the year was as follows :—

Hotels, Restaurants and Eating Houses309
Slaughter-houses1
Tripe, offal and other meat shops48
Fried fish shops15
Fish shops13
Ice cream (Manufacture)22
Poulterers8

During the year 2,490 inspections of such food premises and market streets
were made and 27 notices served for sanitary defects found.
Inspection of Restaurant Kitchens.
The large day population in the Borough calls for many eating houses ranging
from the "cook shop" to the high-class restaurant. The inspection of the
kitchens of such places has become a routine but important part of the work of
the Public Health Department. Generally the kitchens are found to be
satisfactory and the food clean and wholesome. Occasionally, however, some
action is necessary to ensure compliance with a reasonable standard of efficiency.
In all 21 notices were served during the year respecting unsatisfactory conditions
at hotels, restaurants and eating houses.

Unsound Food.

The following unsound food was condemned during the year 1935:-

Commodity.Quantity.Condition.Result of Action taken.
Tons.Cwts.Qrs.lbs.
Fruit :—
Cantaloupe melons...100RottenSurrendered
Dates.........6Rottendo
Grapes...1212Rottendo.
Oranges185020Rottendo
Pears11108Rottendo.
Plums......24Rottendo.
Meat :—
Bacon......38Decomposeddo.
Chickens......117Decomposeddo.
Ducks.........15Decomposeddo.
Ostend Rabbits.........8Decomposeddo.
Pork• ••......20½Diseaseddo.
Tongues, tinned.........12Mouldydo.
Other Food :—
Camembert cheese......216Rottendo.
Tomato puree, tinned......219Damaged and perforated tinsdo.
Total202125½