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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
Hammersmith 1927
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hampstead, Metropolitan Borough of]
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Unsound Food and Food Inspection.
The following is a list of food seized or voluntarily surrendered
during the year:—
1 bushel Apples.
4 tins Corned Beef (6 lbs. each).
1 tin Prawns (9¾ lbs.).
Part of Sack of Flour (½ cwt.).
„ „ Sugar (2 cwt.).
6 stone Cod.
6 stone Haddocks.
11 boxes Kippers.
2 tins Prawns.
Sanitary condition of Bakehouses and other premises where foods
are manufactured, prepared, stored, or exposed for sale.
These premises have been kept under supervision during 1927:
their general sanitary condition is good. They are required to be
thoroughly cleansed and limewashed, or, if painted, to be thoroughly
washed twice a year.
The following table summarises the work done in this connection during 1927:—
| No. of Premises on Register. | No. of Inspections. | No. of Notices. | No. of Prosecutions. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bakehouses:— | ||||
| Factories— | ||||
| Underground | 18 | 66 | 2 | — |
| Aboveground | 10 | |||
| Workshops— | ||||
| Underground | 1 | 24 | 1 | — |
| Aboveground | 10 | |||
| Milkshops | 62 | 163 | 5 | — |
| Ice-cream Premises | 71 | 86 | 4 | — |
| Restaurant Kitchens | 67 | 145 | 2 | — |
| Slaughterhouses | 1 | 48 | — | — |
| Cow Sheds | Nil. | — | — | — |
| Fried Fish Shops | 8 | 32 | — | — |
| Offensive Trades | Nil. | — | — | — |
| Other Food Premises | 523 | 784 | 19 | — |
Of the number of bakehouses mentioned above, it will be noted that
28 are factory bakehouses and 11 are workshop bakehouses.
During the year two of the workshop bakehouses, by the introduction
of machinery, became factory bakehouses.
The underground bakehouse at 289, Finchley Road is still out
of use.