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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

Islington 1961

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

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Table: Preserved Food Premises Registered under Section 16 (1) (b) of the Food and Drugs Act,1955(Included in foregoing list)

Preserved Food Premises Registered under Section 16 (1) (b) of the Food and Drugs Act,1955

(Included in foregoing list)

Total No. of Preserved Food premises175
No. of Butchers120
No. of Grocery and provision shops39
No. of Food Factories11
No. of Cooked meat shops1
No. of Jellied Eels and Pie Shops2
No. of Bakers (meat pies)2
Total No. of inspections and visits made by Inspectors to Preserved Food Premises483

Table: Details of the inspections etc. by the Inspectors are given below:

Details of the inspections etc. by the Inspectors are given below:

Bakehouses-level83
" - basement104
Bakers (bread and cake shops)144
Butchers359
Confectioners209
Fried fish shops176
Fish curers88
Fishmongers8
Greengrocers & Fruiterers88
Grocery & Provisions778
Wholesale Food Stores and Depots104
Markets84
Food Storage for Street traders21
Other Food Premises287
Vehicles98
Stalls122
Public Houses and Off Licences7
Restaurants, Eating Houses and Canteens1,164
Meat inspections at Licensed Slaughterhouse301
Food examinations (other)513
Ice Cream premises360
Preserved Food Premises483
Dairies (milk distributor)520
Contraventions found1,271
Contraventions remedied1,209
Notices served (Food and Drugs Act)276
Notices complied with (Food and Drugs Act)289
Infectious diseases15
Food poisoning enquiries15
General
Legal proceedings-attendances at Court35
Non-effective visits233
1,159

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Legal Proceedings
Details of the action taken by the Council under the Pood and Drugs Act, 1955, and the
Pood Hygiene Regulations made thereunder are as follows:-