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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
Holborn 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Holborn Borough]
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SECTION 6.
Inspection and Supervision of Food.
General.
All premises where food is prepared, stored or exposed for sale for human consumption are inspected, and the following is a record of the inspections made during 1950—
| Dairies and milk shops | 63 |
| Ice cream, sale or storage | 39 |
| Ice cream, manufacture | 49 |
| Restaurants and kitchens | 1,237 |
| Bakehouses | 44 |
| Butchers' shops | 206 |
| Fish shops | 62 |
| Fried fish shops | 44 |
| Other food shops | 473 |
| Market streets | 144 |
| Licensed premises | 91 |
| Re-inspections | 686 |
Foods and Drugs Acts, 1938-1950. Notices. During 1950, 25 notices were served on owners or occupiers of food premises, drawing attention to the lack of precautions against the contamination of food. Details of the premises are as follows:-
| Bakehouses | 1 |
| Clubs | 1 |
| Fish shops | 1 |
| Hotels | 3 |
| Licensed premises | 3 |
| Restaurants | 13 |
| Snack bars | 1 |
| Staff canteens | 2 |
The following is a summary of the work carried out during the year as a result of Notices served under the Food and Drugs Acts, 1938-1950, in respect of food premises:
| Siting of sanitary convenience or dustbin improved | 1 |
| Walls, ceilings, floors, windows or doors of food room repaired | 28 |
| Walls, ceilings or doors of food room cleansed | 28 |
| Suitable and sufficient means of ventilation provided and maintained | 20 |
| Suitable and sufficient means of lighting provided and maintained | 1 |
| Floors cleansed as often as necessary to keep them clean | 1 |
| Precautions taken to ensure that cleanliness was observed by persons employed in regard to food room, articles, apparatus and utensils | 2 |