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St Pancras 1947
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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SECTION 6.
Inspection and Supervision of Food.
The work of food inspection was carried out by two inspectors from the beginning of the year until the 3rd November, after which one addition was made to this staff. Particulars of the inspections and other work carried out by these officers during 1947 are given in the following table:—
| Number of visits to— | |
| Milkshops | 149 |
| Dairies | 503 |
| Ice cream premise | 704 |
| Slaughterhouses | 9 |
| Butchers' shops and meat stalls | 899 |
| Prepared meat premises | 369 |
| Fishmongers' shops | 153 |
| Fried fish shops | 101 |
| Fish curers' premises | 23 |
| Other premises where food and drugs are sold | 993 |
| Market streets and places | 956 |
| Railway goods yards, warehouses, etc. | 146 |
| Attendances at Police Court | 34 |
| Re-inspections after Intimation Notices | 20 |
| Other visits | 597 |
| Total | 5,656* |
| * These visits do not include visits made for the purpose of taking samples. | |
| Number of samples taken— | |
| Formal | 402 |
| Informal | 398 |
| Bacteriological | 206 |
| Total | 1,006 |
| Surrenders | 441 |
| Seizures | 1 |
| Milk Supply. | |
| Number of purveyors on the Register at the end of the year were:— | |
| Dairies | 134 |
| Itinerant purveyors | 69 |
| For sale of milk in sealed containers only | 188 |
| For sale of cream and artificial cream | 9 |
(4626)
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