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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

Marylebone 1962

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Marylebone, Metropolitan Borough]

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Table: TABLE 18.—Summary of Premises Registered for Preserving Food or for the Manufacture, Storage or Sale of Ice-Cream.

TABLE 18.—Summary of Premises Registered for Preserving Food or for the Manufacture, Storage or Sale of Ice-Cream.

Type of BusinessPreserving FoodIce Cream
Butchers301
Tobacconists, confectioners/newsagents—93
Grocers and provision merchants2166
Fishmongers63
General stores114
Greengrocers and fruiterers—20
Public houses—5
Ice-cream factories—3
Miscellaneous215
60220

Table: TABLE 19.—Summary of Food Premises.

TABLE 19.—Summary of Food Premises.

Type of BusinessTotals
Hotels and boarding houses328
Restaurants, cafes and snack bars300
Grocers and provision merchants168
Canteens and clubs159
Public houses and wine bars164
Confectioners105
Stalls, street trading82
Greengrocers and fruiterers60
Butchers52
Schools and nurseries52
Bakers30
Wine merchants (off-licence)30
Fishmongers14
Milk depots5
Coffee stalls and kiosks5
Ice-cream manufacturers3
1,557

Table: TABLE 20.—Legal Proceedings : Food and Drugs Act.

TABLE 20.—Legal Proceedings : Food and Drugs Act.

Date of HearingOffenceResult
29.3.62Selling food not of the substance demanded—meat pie containing mould. (Food and Drugs Act, 1955—section 2)Fined £10 with 3 gns. costs.
29.3.62Selling food not of the substance demanded—cheese sandwich containing drawing-pin. (Food and Drugs Act, 1955—section 2)Fined £10 with 3 gns. costs.

Table: TABLE 21.—Diseased or Infirm Persons removed to Hospital, etc., under Court Orders.

TABLE 21.—Diseased or Infirm Persons removed to Hospital, etc., under Court Orders.

PersonAgeRemoved toRemarks
Miss M. C.79HospitalEmergency order for 3 weeks. Remained in hospital voluntarily at end of period.