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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
Chislehurst 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chislehurst]
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| Residential Schools | 5 |
| Day Schools | 32 |
| Orphanages | 9 |
| Other Institutions | 12 |
| Public Houses | 25 |
| Clubs, etc. | 34 |
| Canteens | 24 |
| Fish Friers | 13 |
| 201 |
MILK AND DAIRIES REGULATIONS, 1949.
Sixteen Dairies have been registered under the above
Regulations.
Details of the licences issued by the Local Authority during 1953, are
| Pasteurised | Dealer's Licences | 16 |
| Pasteurised | Supplementary Licences | 12 |
| Sterilised | Dealer's Licences | 24 |
| Sterilised | Supplementary Licences | 12 |
| Tuberculin Tested | Dealer's Licences | 16 |
| Tuberculin Tested | Supplementary Licences .... | 11 |
INSPECTIONS.
During the year, the Sanitary Inspectors made a total of 1.280
visits to Food premises. Two hundred and sixty-seven Defects
were noted and remedied.
No formal action was taken by the Council during 1953 under
the Byelaws adopted under Section 15 of the Food and Drugs Act.
1938.
| Taken | Samples Result | Remarks See below | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Formal | Informal | |||||||
| Inferior | Adulterated | Inferior | Adulterated | |||||
| Formal | Informal | Genuine | ||||||
| Adrenoline Cream | _ | 1 | 1 | _ | _ | _ | _ | |
| Almonds, ground | 8 | — | 8 | — | — | — | — | |
| Almonds, mixture | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | |
| Arrowroot | 1 | — | 1 | — | —' | — | — | |
| Aspirin | 5 | — | 5 | — | — | — | — | |
| Baking powder | 2 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | |
| Bicarbonate of soda | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | |
| Bread | — | 4 | 1 | — | — | 3 | — | 1, 2, 3 |
| Bread and butter | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 4 |
| Bread rolls, buttered | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | |
| Butter | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | |
| Cake mix | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | |