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Poplar 1926

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]

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STATISTICAL REPORTS OF FOOD INSPECTORS.
MR. C. A. GRABHAM.
Premises.
Inspections.
Intimations.
Notices.
Final Notices.
Prosecutions.
Bakehouses
115
96
8
-
-
Slaughterhouses
2
—
—
—
—
Cowhouses
8
—
—
—
—
Milkshops
188
15
—
—
—
Eating-houses
40
1
1
—
—
Stalls
375
—
—
—
—
Other places where
food is sold or prepared
381
79
-
-
-
Ice cream premises
102
15
—
—
—
Wharves where food is
prepared or stored,
etc.
26
-
-
-
-
Fried Fish Vendors,
etc
120
101
(6 month only)
174 Market Inspections:- Morning, 106; Evening, 68.
Slaughterhouses: 281 visits.
Number of Carcases inspected:-(а) Satisfactory 1904
(b) Unsatisfactory 9
(c) Condemned and destroyed or otherwise
disposed of (included in (b) above) Parts of 9
Number of Samples procured:— Formal. Informal. Total.
(a) Under Sale of Food and Drugs Acts 369 31 400
(i) Number genuine 330 25 355
(ii) Number adulterated 39 6 45
(iii) Number poor quality, etc. (included in (i)
genuine above) 17 - 17
(b) Under Special Orders and Regulations 31 2 33
(i) Number genuine 22 1 23
(ii) Number unsatisfactory 9 1 10
(iii) Number poor quality, etc. (included in (i)
genuine above) 3 - 3
Action taken in respect of unsatisfactory samples:-
(i) Summonses applied for 15 - 15
(ii) Letters of caution sent to vendors 30 - 30
(iii) Reported to Ministry of Agriculture, etc 3 - 3
Public Health (Foreign Meat) Regulations-Certificates
issued by M.O.H 220 (117 visits to factories).