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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 1961
[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 1961:—
Dairies and milk shops 7
Ice cream, sale or storage 19
Ice cream manufacture —
Restaurants and kitchens 325
Bakehouses 6
Butchers' shops 29
Fish shops 4
Fried fish shops 5
Other food shops 121
Market streets 53
Licensed premises 55
Sampling 254
Unsound food 108
Re-inspections 69
Food and Drugs Act, 1955
Notices
During 1961,2 notices were served on owners or occupiers of food premises, drawing
attention to infringements of the Food Hygiene (General) Regulations, 1960. Details of
the premises are as follows:—
Restaurant 2