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Holborn 1951

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

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45
Licensed Premises.
There are 77 public houses in the Borough, and during the year 93 inspections
and 45 re-inspections were carried out. Nine notices were served under the Public Health
(London) Act, 1936, and twelve notices were served under the Food and Drugs Act, 1938.
In addition, 60 reports were submitted to the Licensing Justices, in respect of
premises where application had been made for the grant, re-grant or transfer of a licence
under the Licensing (Consolidation) Act, 1910.
Food Sampling.
A total of 600 samples of foods and drugs were purchased and submitted to the
Borough Analyst for chemical analysis during the year. 596 were formal samples and 4
were informal.
Number of
Article. Samples purchased.
Arrowroot 2
Bacon 1
Baking Powder 3
Beer, Wines and Spirits 7
Bread, Biscuits and Cakes 7
Butter 5
Cake Mixture 6
Cereals 8
Cheese 7
Chocolate, Milk 1
Cocoa 4
Coffee 5
Condiments 17
Confectionery 3
Cooking Fat or Lard 4
Cornflour 2
Custard Powder and Dessert Powder 5
Dessicated Coconut 1
Dried Egg 1
Dried Milk 1
Drugs and Medical Preparations 17
Essences and Flavourings 5
Fish, tinned, and Fish Paste 16
Fruits, tinned, and preserved 13
Herbs and Spices 12
Ice Cream 36
Icing Sugar 3
Jams and Preserves 19
Jelly and Jelly Crystals 6
Lemon Barley Crystals and Lemonade Powder 2