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
St Pancras 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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The following table shows the detailed results of these examinations for the year and preceding years:-
| 1949 | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samples | % | Samples | % | Samples | % | Samples | % | Samples | % | |
| Satisfactory-Grade I | ||||||||||
| Grade II | ||||||||||
| Unsatisfactory-Grade III | ||||||||||
| Grade IV | 3 | |||||||||
| Totals | ||||||||||
LEGAL PROCEEDINGS The following 9 prosecutions were undertaken during 1953 under the Food and Drugs Act, 1938.
| No. | Court and Date of Hearing. | Offence | Result of Proceedings. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fines | Costs | |||||||
| s | d | £ | s | d | ||||
| l | Marylebone 4.3.53 | (a) Mouse droppings in bread | 0 | 0 | ||||
| (b) Dirty bakeroom | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| (c) Dirty bread store | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 2 | Marylebone 17.3.53 | Quantity of stone in "Black Eye Peas" | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 3 | Clerkenwell 12.5.53 | (a) Beetle in bread | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| (b) Dirty bakehouse | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Marlborough 5.11.53 | Lack of ventilation to W.C. | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Marlborough 5.11.53 | Lack of ventilation to kitchen | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| 6 | Marlborough 5.11.53 | Failure to keep walls of kitchen in proper state of repair | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Marlborough 5.11.53 | Failure to keep kitchen ceiling | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| 8 | Marlborough 5.11.53 | Accummulation of filth on floor | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Marlborough 5.11.53 | Failure to prevent contamination of food | |||||||