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Poplar 1927

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

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Table: STATISTICAL REPORTS OF FOOD INSPECTORS. MR. C. A. GRABHAM.(Inspections for 1926 in italics.)

STATISTICAL REPORTS OF FOOD INSPECTORS. MR. C. A. GRABHAM.(Inspections for 1926 in italics.)

Premises.Inspections.Intimations.Notices.Final Notices.Prosecutions.
Bakehouses18811594———
Slaughterhouses72————
Cowhouses68————
Milkshops1921889———
Eating-houses954013———
Stalls359375————
Other places where food is Bold or prepared507381102——
Ice cream premises182102132—
Wharves where food is prepared or stored, etc2326———
Fried Fish Vendors, etc25212020141—

Table: 224 Market Inspections:—Morning, 143; Evening, 81. Slaughterhouses: 321 visits.Number of Carcases inspected:—

224 Market Inspections:—Morning, 143; Evening, 81. Slaughterhouses: 321 visits.Number of Carcases inspected:—

(a) Satisfactory2282
(b) Unsatisfactory8
(c) Condemned and destroyed or otherwise disposed of (included in (6) above)Parts of 8
Number of Samples procured:—Formal.Informal.Total
(a) Under Sale of Food and Drugs Acts:
(i) Number genuine249117366
(ii) Number adulterated301242
(iii) Number poor quality, etc. (included in (i) genuine above)21—21
(6) Under Special Orders and Regulations:
(i) Number genuine21526
(ii) Number unsatisfactory5—5
Action taken in respect of unsatisfactory samples:—
(i) Summonses applied for12—12
(ii) Letters of caution sent to vendors21—21
(iii) Reported to Ministry of Agriculture, etc3—3
Public Health (Foreign Meat) Regulations—Certificates issued by M.O.H.232 (162 visits to factories).