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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 1964

[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
34847
Food Factories28-
Bakehouses635-
Butchers36-
Fried Fish Shops61-
Ice Cream Premises194-
Milk Shops16-
Public Houses1502
Restaurants55-
Dairies86415
Other
2,38764

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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 626
Manufacture of sausages and
preparation of preserved etc. food 294
Milk and Dairies (General) Regulations, 1959 - Regulations
Number of registered distributors 295
Number of registered dairies 2
(Special Designation) Regulations 1963
The following table shows the number of licences m force :-
* Dealers' Licences (Pre-packed)
Tuberculin Tested 169
Pasteurised 257
Sterilised 265