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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 1958

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

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Inspection of Food Premises-

Table: The following is a detailed summary showing the types of premises inspected during the year:-

The following is a detailed summary showing the types of premises inspected during the year:-

Number of Inspections
Bakers15
Dairies15
Milk Distributors14
Restaurants65
Industrial catering establishments20
Other catering establishments37
Pish shops, fryers and curers18
Stalls and itinerant vendors33
Market inspections14
Ice cream premises49
Wharves126
Butchers52
Registered food manufacturers33
Other food premises45
TOTAL INSPECTIONS536

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Legal Proceedings.

Table: The institution of legal proceedings under the Food Hygiene Regulations, 1955 and the Food and Drugs Act, 1955 was necessary in the following instances:-

The institution of legal proceedings under the Food Hygiene Regulations, 1955 and the Food and Drugs Act, 1955 was necessary in the following instances:-

ParticularsResult
(1) Smoking in food shopFine £2
Costs £2
(2) Unlawfully selling Buttermints which were not of the substance of the food demanded by the purchaser as the food did not contain any butterFine £2
fatsCosts £2

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