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Poplar 1951
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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2. Meat and Other Foods.
Visits made during the year to shops and other premises where food is sold, prepared for sale or stored were as follows:—
| Milkshops | 286 |
| Butchers | 202 |
| Fried Fish Shops and Fish Curers | 19 |
| Restaurants | 200 |
| Bakehouses | 42 |
| Ice Cream premises | 146 |
| Other Food premises | 1,058 |
| Total | 1,953 |
Unsatisfactory conditions were found to exist at 36 of the
above-mentioned premises and appropriate action was taken.
3. Unsound Food.
Details of unsound food examined and dealt with by the Food Inspector on 372 occasions during the year are given below.
| Tons | cwts. | lbs. | Packages. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bacon | - | 2 | 103 | - |
| Cake, Biscuits, etc. | 9 | 13 | 84 | - |
| Confectionery | - | 6 | 108 | 17 cases. |
| Drugs, etc. | 1 | 2 | 56 | - |
| Eggs | - | - | - | 568 |
| Fish | - | 1 | 50 | 683 tins. |
| Fruit (Fresh and Dried), juices, etc. | 12 | 2 | 34 | 2,666 tins, etc. |
| Groundnuts | - | 15 | 104 | - |
| Ham | 4 | 5 | 86 | - |
| Meat | - | 11 | 7 | 1,083 tins. |
| Milk (Dried, etc.) | 3 | 13 | 56 | 1,262 tins. |
| Offal (Butchers) | 1 | 16 | 76 | - |
| Pickles and Sauces | - | - | - | 136 cases, etc. |
| Sausages | - | - | 80 | - |
| Suet | - | - | - | 1 crate, etc. |
| Syrup | 1 | - | - | - |
| Vegetables | 25 | - | - | 5,634 tins. |
| Sundry foods | - | - | 82 | 836 cases, etc. |
| 60 | 14 | 30 | - |
4. Food and Drugs Act.
707 samples (108 formal and 599 informal), which included 172
varieties of food, drugs, etc., were procured under the Food and
Drugs Act, 1936, and submitted for analysis by the Public Analyst.
10 samples (3 formal and 7 informal) were found to be adulterated,
and details of the action taken in respect of these samples are
given in the following table:—
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