London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Southwark 1970
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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| Contravention of Regulation 13 (l)(a) of the Food Hygiene (Markets etc.) Regulations 1966 (did use a delivery vehicle in the carrying on of a food business which did not have displayed conspicuously and legibly upon it the name and address of the person carrying on that business) | £2 |
The following quantities of foodstuff were, on examination, found to be unfit for human consumption and were destroyed or disposed of for purposes other than human food:-
| Tons | Cwts. | Qrs. | Lbs. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meat and meat products | 14 | 19 | 1 | 4 |
| Canned meat | 48 | 16 | — | 19 |
| Fish | — | 9 | — | 19 |
| Fruit and vegetables | 173 | 16 | 1 | 5 |
| Miscellaneous foodstuffs | 52 | 7 | 1 | 10 |
| Miscellaneous canned goods | 100 | 8 | - | 8 |
| Total | 390 | 16 | 1 | 9 |
FOOD HYGIENE (MARKETS, STALLS AND DELIVERY VEHICLES)
REGULATIONS, 1966
Regular inspection of street markets are undertaken by the Public Health
Inspectors and 667 such inspections were made during the year, mostly at weekends
when the markets are at their busiest.
Twenty-seven certificates of exemption from certain requirements of the
Regulations were granted to street traders.
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