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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
City of Westminster 1914
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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E. FOOD SUPPLY.
During 1914 visits have been paid to the various classes of business as follows:—
| Visits. | Notices served. | Visits. | Notices served. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dairies and Milkshops | 1,015 | 29 | Food.preserving works | 52 | 1 |
| Hotels, Restaurants and Eating houses | 4,412 | 203 | Greengrocers and Fruiterers | 165 | 1 |
| Fishmongers | 465 | 23 | Confectioners | 70 | 52 |
| Meat shops (various) | 550 | 25 | Aerated water makers | 2 | – |
| Provision shops | 480 | Breweries and Licensed Premises not included under " Hotels, &c." | 154 | 73 | |
| Ice merchants | 6 | – | |||
| Bakehouses | 185 | 12 | |||
| Ice cream makers | 201 | 44 |
Intimations were served in respect of 432 premises, ancl 9 statutory
notices.
Defects have been found in places where food is sold or prepared for sale as follows:—
| 1914. | Restaurants Hotels, Eating. Houses and Confectioners. | Ice Cream Sbops. | Dairies. | Bakehouses. | Fish Shops. | Butchers, Poultry and Provisions. | Fruit and Vegetables. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dirty walls and ceilings | 186 | 32 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 1 |
| Dirty floors | 14 | 6 | 1 | – | – | 2 | – |
| Defective roofs | • 8 | 2 | – | – | 5 | 1 | – |
| ,, floors | 17 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | – |
| Absence of or defective dustbins | 18 | 3 | – | 1 | – | – | – |
| Accumulations of refuse | 25 | 2 | 4 | 2 | – | 1 | – |
| Food stored or prepared in improper places | 7 | 2 | – | – | 3 | 1 | – |
| Yards dirty | 9 | 2 | 3 | 1 | – | 1 | – |
| ,, paving defective | 10 | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | – | – |
| Water cisterns dirty | 16 | 1 | 3 | 2 | – | – | – |
| ,, defective | 20 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | – | – |
| Water—insufficient or none | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | 1 | – |
| W.Cs. defective | 72 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | – |
| „ dirty or obstructed | 19 | 2 | 1 | – | – | 3 | 1 |
| „ insufficient | 8 | 1 | – | – | – | 2 | – |
| ,, unventilated | 10 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| „ without ventilated lobby | 13 | 1 | – | 2 | – | 1 | – |
| Urinals defective | 31 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| Sink wastes, &c., defective | 54 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 1 |
| Drainage defective | 21 | – | 2 | – | 3 | 5 | – |
| Burning refuse in stoves | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Defective ventilation | 19 | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | 4 | – |
| „ „ of gas stoves | 9 | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |