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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
Paddington 1902
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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62 food supervision.
TABLE 37. Food Supervision.
| Inspections:— | |||
| Slaughterhouses | 743 | Cowhouses | 55 |
| Butchers' Shops | 130 | Milkshops, &c. | 306 |
| Greengrocers' Shops | 137 | Restaurants, &c. | 231 |
| Costers' Barrows | 12 | Ice Cream Shops and Barrows | 51 |
| Fish Curing Premises | 9 | Fried Fish Shops | 24 |
| Fishmongers' Shops | 2 | ||
Defects found and remedied.
| Milkshops and Dairies. | Restaurants and Eating Houses. | Premises occupied by Ice Cream Makers. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drains Defective | 39 | 11 | 2 |
| „ unventilated | 22 | 7 | |
| Surface inlets improperly trapped | 27 | 8 | |
| Open drains inside premises | ... | 11 | |
| Soilpipes defective | 15 | ... | ... |
| „ unventilated | 8 | 4 | ... |
| Water-closets defective | 55 | 14 | 3 |
| „ dirty | ... | 3 | ... |
| Flushing apparatus defective | ... | ... | ... |
| Rain-water pipes connected to drain or soilpipe | 31 | 6 | 2 |
| Waste pipes, do. do. | 13 | 4 | ... |
| „ defective | ... | ... | ... |
| Rain-water pipes defective | 8 | 4 | ... |
| Roof defective | ... | ... | ... |
| Dirty conditions | 10 | 19 | 3 |
| Cisterns dirty | ... | 3 | ... |
| „ uncovered | 17 | 2 | ... |
| „ defective | 2 | ... | ... |
| Water for flushing W.C.'s drawn direct from drinking water cisterns | 2 | 2 | ... |
| Paving defective | 10 | 2 | 4 |
| No dustbin | 2 | ... | ... |
| Dustbins defective | 24 | 4 | |
| Animals kept so as to be a nuisance | 4 | ... | 4 |
Numbers of places where Food is sold:—
Butchers 80 Milkshops and Dairies 171
„ Pork 20 Refreshment Houses 156
Fishmongers 30 Fried Fish and Sausages 24
Game and Poultry 12 Ice Cream Makers & Vendors 40
Fruit and Greengrocery 90 Sausage Factories 8
(iv)—Ice Creams: Under the London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1902, Part
VIII (Ss. 42 to 44) the following special provisions came into force in November last:—
(a) Prohibiting the manufacture and storage of ice-cream in any place where there is a drain
opening, or in any living or sleeping room.
(b) Requiring the proper protection of such commodity from infection or contamination.
(c) Requiring the notification of all cases of infectious illness among persons employed in the
business or living or working on the premises.
(d) Requiring street barrows to be legibly marked with the name and address of the person
making the ice-cream.