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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

Poplar 1927

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

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Table: MR. H. A. PEARCE. (Inspections for 1926 in italics.)

MR. H. A. PEARCE. (Inspections for 1926 in italics.)

Premises.Inspections.Intimations.Notices.Final Notices.Prosecutions.
Bakehouses14814083———
Slaughterhouses1012————
Cowhouses2927————
Milkshops164226441—
Eating-houses9288203——
Stalls7071080————
Other places where food is sold or prepared559463263——
Ice cream premises90103131—
Wharves where food is prepared or stored, etc.—2————
Fried Fish Vendors, etc.24810417542—

Table: 225 Market Inspections:—Morning, 152; Evening, 73.Slaughterhouses:—275 visits.Number of Carcases inspected:—

225 Market Inspections:—Morning, 152; Evening, 73.Slaughterhouses:—275 visits.Number of Carcases inspected:—

(a) Satisfactory2123
(b) Unsatisfactory16
(c) Condemned and destroyed or otherwise disposed of(included in (6) above)parts of 16
Number of Samples procured:—Formal.Informal.Total.
(a) Under Sale of Food and Drugs Acts:
(i) Number genuine229101330
(ii) Number adulterated201333
(iii) Number poor quality, etc. (included in (i) genuine above)27—27
(6) Under Special Orders and Regulations:
(i) Number genuine26329
(ii) Number unsatisfactory8210
Action taken in respect of unsatisfactory samples:—
(i) Summonses applied for6—6
(ii) Letters of caution sent to vendors16—16
(iii) Reported to Ministry of Agriculture, etc.1—1
Public Health (Foreign Meat) Regulations—-Certificates issued by M.O.H.12 (12 visits to factory).