Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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Mr. H. A. Pearce. (Inspections for 1930 in italics.)
Premises. | Inspections. | Intimations. | Notices. | Final Notice?. | Prosecutions. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1931 | 1930 | |||||
Bakehouses | 158 | 69 | 1 | _ | _ | |
Slaughterhouses | 28 | 22 | — | — | — | |
Cowhouses | 15 | - | — | — | — | |
Milkshops | 194 | - | — | — | — | |
Eating-houses | 131 | 8 | 2 | 2 | — | |
Stalls | 1,967 | — | — | — | — | |
Other places where food is sold or prepared | 607 | 9 | - | - | - | |
Ice cream premises | 118 | 4 | — | — | — | |
Wharves where food is prepared or stored, etc | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
Fried Fish Vendors, etc | 276 | 156 | 4 | 1 | — |
245 Market Inspections:—Morning, 165; Evening, 80. The number of nuisances referred to district inspectors was 5.
Mr. Grabham. | Mr. Pearce. | Totals. | |
---|---|---|---|
I. Slaughterhouses—Visits | 353 | 242 | 595 |
Number of Carcases inspected | 1,936 | 1,785 | 3,721 |
(a) Satisfactory | 1,928 | 1,778 | 3,706 |
(6) Unsatisfactory | 8 | 7 | 15 |
(c) Condemned and destroyed or otherwise disposed of (included in (6) above) | Parts of 81 | 2 and parts of 5* | 2 and parts of 13 |
II. Number of Samples procured:— | |||
(a) Under Sale of Food and Drugs Act | 421 | 365 | 786 |
(i) Number genuine | 379 | 334 | 713 |
(ii) Number adulterated | 42 | 31 | 73 |
(iii) Number poor quality, etc. (included in (i) genuine above) | 11 | 12 | 23 |
(b) Under Special Orders and Regulations : | 26 | 46 | 72 |
(i) Number satisfactory | 26 | 41 | 67 |
(ii) Number unsatisfactory | — | 5 | 5 |
111. Action taken in respect of unsatisfactory samples:— | |||
(i) Summonses applied for | 6 | 4 | 10 |
(ii) Letters of caution sent to vendors | 11 | 11† | 22† |
(iii) Reported to appropriate Government Department and/or County M.O.H. | 1 | 3 | 4 |
IV. Public Health (Foreign Meat) Regulations—Visits to factories | 141 | 5 | 146 |
* Total weights: 11 cwt. 191bs., and 15 cwt. 71bs.
† Includes 1 verbal caution.
(For foodstuffs inspected prior to export, see page 68.)