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Hampstead 1917

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

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West End Ward †60 and 110 Cricklewood Broadway, †553
Finchley Road, Field Lane School, Hillfield
Road, *43 & 44 Mill Lane, †4 Munro Terrace,
Fortune Green, and 251 & *279 West End
Lane.
Kilburn Ward *63 Hemstal Road, *94, †218 & *354 High Road,
Kilburn, *4 Kelson Street. 67 Kingsgate Road
and * †99 Palmerston Road.
Priory Ward *202 & *228 Belsize Road, * †98 Boundary
Road, * †.93 Fairfax Road, *7 Fairhazel Gardens
and *137 Finchley Road.
Those marked * are underground bakehouses.
Those marked † are factory bakehouses.
Bakehouses—Underground 21
„ Above ground 17
Total 38
Restaurant Kitchens, etc.
The total number of these premises on the register at the end of
1917 was 66. They are kept under regular supervision, 94 inspections
have been made and 6 notices served during the year.
Meat Supply.
The Meat Supply of the Borough is good and in only two cases
has any unsound or diseased meat been found by the Sanitary Inspectors
during the year.
Slaughter Houses.
There are 4 Licensed Slaughter Houses in the Borough, situated
at 40 England's Lane, and 17 and 69 High Street and 6 Fairfax Mews.
These have been regularly inspected during the year; 37 inspections
having been made. The quarterly lime washing has been duly carried
out.
Sale of Food and Drugs Act.
508 samples were taken for analysis during the year. The
number certified to be adulterated was 7 or 1.3 per cent. of the total
number, as against 2.1 in 1916 and 7.7 in 1915. 5 samples were
certified to be of low quality.
479 samples were purchased from Hampstead tradesmen and 29
from tradesmen coming from other districts. The percentage of
adulterated samples in the two classes was 1.2 and 3.4 respectively.
23 samples were taken on Sundays. One of these were
adulterated and four were of low quality.