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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
Friern Barnet 1963
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Friern Barnet]
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Improvement Grants. A number of enquiries were investigated
in connection with the scheme for providing financial assistance
to owners of older properties who wished to improve their houses
and to provide the essential facilities such as a bathroom,
hot water supply, internal W.C.&c., where these are lacking.
Arising from these enquiries eleven applications for
grant were received, compared with five in 1962, and of these
ten were approved.
INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD.
Food premises.
There are 139 premises in Friern Barnet where food is either stored, prepared for sale, or sold, and these are classified as follows:-
| Type. | Number. | Registered under Food and Drugs Act 1955* | |
|---|---|---|---|
| For sale of ice cream. | For manufacture of sausages or preserved food. | ||
| Bakers | 9 | 1 | - |
| Butchers | 13 | - | 9 |
| Cafes and | - | - | |
| Restaurants | 17 | 9 | - |
| Confectioners | 30 | 29 | - |
| Fishmongers | 6 | 1 | - |
| Greengrocers | 21 | 3 | - |
| Grocers | 39 | 30 | 11 |
| Milkshops | 4 | 4 | — |
| Total | 139 | 77 | 20 |
There are also fourteen hawkers who carry on their
trade from vehicles or stalls and who have been registered for
this purpose under the provisions of the Middlesex County Council Act.
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