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Holborn 1964

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

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SECTION 6.
Inspection and Supervision of Food.

Table: 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 1964:—

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 1964:—

Dairies and milk shops3
Ice cream, sale or storage17
Ice cream manufacture-
Restaurants and kitchens813
Bakehouses23
Butchers' shops69
Fish shops19
Fried fish shops3
Other food shops266
Market streets65
Licensed premises115
Sampling227
Unsound food90
Re-inspections89

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Food and Drugs Act, 1955
Notices
During 1964, no notices were served on owners or occupiers of food premises.
Registrations
The Milk and Dairies Regulations require every Local Authority to keep a register
of all persons carrying on the trade of distributor in their district and of all premises which
are used as dairies. "Dairy" does not include a shop from which milk is supplied only
in the properly closed and unopened vessels in which it is delivered to the shop, or other
place in which milk is sold for consumption on the premises only. "Distributor"