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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 1962

[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

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 Butchers121
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)1
Total No. of inspections and visits made by Inspectors to Preserved Food Premises108

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

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

Bakehouses-level109
-basement48
Bakers (bread and cake shops)56
Butchers145
Confectioners63
Fried fish shops166
Fish curers90
Fishmongers21
Greengrocers & Fruiterers68
Grocery & Provisions298
Wholesale Food Stores and Depots84
Markets53
Food Storage for Street traders10
Other Food Premises117
Vehicles144
Stalls50
Public Houses and Off Licences18
Restaurants, Eating Houses and Canteens529
Meat inspections at Licensed Slaughterhouse244
Food examinations (other)345
Ice Cream premises77
Preserved Food Premises108
Dairies (milk distributor)98
Contraventions found460
Contraventions remedied379
Notices served (Food and Drugs Act)64
Notices complied with (Food and Drugs Act)81
Infectious diseases15
Food poisoning enquiries17
General
Legal proceedings - attendances at Court32
Non-effective visits18
Miscellaneous823

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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:-