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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 1963
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]
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These inspections and revisits were made up as follows:-
| Inspections | Revisits | |
|---|---|---|
| Food Factories | 303 | 39 |
| Bakehouses | 52 | - |
| Butchers | 553 | - |
| Fried Fish Shops | 20 | - |
| Ice Cream Premises | 93 | • |
| Milk Shops | 189 | - |
| Public Houses | 25 | - |
| Restaurants | 191 | 5 |
| Dairies | 60 | - |
| Other | 375 | 3 |
| 1,861 | 47 |
The approximate number of food premises by type of business in the area is
as follows:–
Grocery and provisions 363
Greengrocery and fruit 165
Fish shops, wet dry and fried 98
Bakers 94
Butchers 142
Restaurants 202
Confectioners 279
Food and Drugs Act 1955 - Section 16
The number of registered premises is as follows:–
Manufacture and/or sale of ice cream 614
Manufacture of sausages and
preparation of preserved etc. food 294
Milk and Dairies (General) Regulations, 1959 - Regulation 8
Number of registered distributors 284
Number of registered dairies 2
Milk (Special Designation) Regulations 1960
The following table shows the number of licences in force:–
* Dealers' Licences (Pre-packed)
Tuberculin Tested 161
Pasteurised 245
Sterilised 253
Dealers'(Pasteuriser's) Licence 2
Dealers' (Tuberculin Tested) Licence 2
* Licences issued are valid for a period of 5 years.