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Chislehurst 1960
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chislehurst]
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Where the items concerned are suitable for the purpose, they
are supplied to a local pig keeper and used as animal feeding stuff,
following treatment by him.
773 Food Surrender Certificates were issued.
MEAT INSPECTION.
No slaughtering was carried out in the district during the year.
Routine inspection of meat has been carried out in butchers'
shops, etc.
FOOD AND DRUGS ACT, 1955—SECTION 16.
The premises in the area, registered under the above Act, are:—
| No. of Premises Registered. | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Ice-Cream. | Mfr. of Sausages. | Cooked Ham. | |
| Bakers' shops | 4 | 1 | — |
| Butchers' shops | — | 47 | — |
| Fishmongers (wet and dried) | 6 | — | — |
| Greengrocers' shops | 7 | — | — |
| Grocers | 57 | 1 | 7 |
| Restaurants and Cafes (for consumption off the premises) | 21 | - | - |
| Sweet shops, confectioners | 79 | - | — |
| Others | 7 | - | — |
| 181 | 49 | 7 | |
FOOD PREMISES.
There are some 520 food premises in the area, made up as under:—
| Bakers | 17 |
| Bakers and Bakehouses | 12 |
| Butchers | 55 |
| Dairies | 3 |
| Fishmongers (wet and dried) | 13 |
| Fishmongers (wet, dried and fried) | 9 |
| Fishmongers (fried) | 5 |
| Greengrocers' shops and stalls | 62 |
| Grocers | 130 |
| Ice Cream premises, other than those included in (1), (2), (4), (8), (9) and (13) but including confectioners | 76 |
| Public Houses and Hotels with catering facilities | 13 |
| Public Houses without catering facilities | 18 |
| Restaurants, Cafes | 33 |
| Works Canteens | 15 |
| School Canteens, etc. | 44 |
| Private Canteens | 8 |
| Confectioners (not included in 10) | 7 |
| 520 |