London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Croydon 1961
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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67
FOOD SUPPLY
The supervision and inspection of the food supplies is
carried out by the Public Health Inspectors who are all qualified
in food inspection.
The following table shows the distribution of trades among the 2,753 premises in the Borough at which food is known to be sold, manufactured or stored.
| Bak ehouses | 59 |
| Bakers Shops | 134 |
| Sugar Confectioners | 560 |
| Cafes. Restaurants, snack Bars and Eating Houses and Kitchens | 563 |
| Works and dub Canteens | 296 |
| Public Houses | 185 |
| Off Licences | 80 |
| Grocers | 602 |
| Butchers | 211 |
| Wholesale Meat Markets | 8 |
| Chemists | 84 |
| Greengrocers | 368 |
| Fi shmongers | 72 |
| Fried Fish Shops | 48 |
| Milk Distributors and Dairies | 170 |
| Premises from which Roundsmen and Mobile &Shops operate | 9 |
| Stalls | 102 |
| Food Manufactories | 22 |
| Other Food premises not enumerated above | 17 |
| 3, 590 |
Of the above premises 1,0 37 are registered under Section 16 of
the Food and Drugs Act, as follows: -
Retail sale of ice-cream 844
Manufacturers of ice-cream 4
Preparation or manufacture for sale of sausages, or
potted, pressed, pickled or preserved food 189
During the year 6,814 inspections and re-inspections were
made of food businesses (for details see page 80 ).