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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

Lambeth 1960

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

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Table: These inspections and revisits were made up as follows :-

These inspections and revisits were made up as follows :-

InspectionsRevisits
Food Factories394115
Bakehouses8610
Butchers506-
Fried Fish Shops665
Ice Cream Premises615
Milk Shops3277
Public Houses174
Restaurants419108
Other46935
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The approximate number of food premises by type of business in the area is
as follows:-
Grocery and provisions 390
Greengrocery and fruit163
Fish shops, wet, dry and fried 99
Bakers 105
Butchers 153
Restaurants 210
Confectioners 270
Food and Drugs Act, 1955 - Section 16
The number of registered premises is as follows:-
Manufacture and/or sale of ice cream 589
Manufacture of sausages and preparation
of preserved etc. food 304
Milk and Dairies (General) Regulations, 1959 - Regulation 8
The number of registered distributors is 284
The number of registered dairies is 3