London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Leyton 1954
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]
This page requires JavaScript
Forty samples of ice cream and
| Commodity | No. of Samples Taken | Result | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade I | Grade II | Grade III | Grade IV | Satisfactory | ||
| Ice Cream | 40 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 39 |
| Ice Lollies | 13 | — | — | — | — | 13 |
Meat and Food Condemned.
The food condemned was destroyed by fire at the Council's Destructor Works.
| Commodity | Cwts. | Qrs. | Lbs. | Commodity | Units |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sausages | — | 2 | 4 | Milk | 114 tins |
| Offal | — | 1 | 7 | Luncheon Meat | 138 tins |
| Fish | 7 | 0 | 5 | Fruit | 679 tins |
| Meat | 11 | 0 | 6 | Vegetables | 76 tins |
| Dried Fruit | — | 1 | 6 | Ham | 28 tins |
| Ham | — | — | 18 | Jam | 65 tins |
| Tomato Paste | 55 tins | ||||
| Soup | 39 tins | ||||
| Cucumbers | 10 tins | ||||
| Pig's Plucks | 2 barrels | ||||
| Cheese | 135 boxes | ||||
| Miscellaneous Foodstuffs | 105 pkts. | ||||
| Poultry | 664 |
Notices Served.
Food and Drugs Act, 1938 (Sec. 13).
This Section sets out certain minimum requirements as to hygiene,
cleanliness, structural conditions, hot and cold water and washing facilities,
and affects rooms in which food intended for human consumption is prepared
for sale or sold or offered or exposed for sale, or deposited for the purpose of
sale or in preparation for sale. Notices in relation to contraventions of this
Section were served in respect of 37 food premises, and all notices were
complied with. In addition to these written notices, numerous verbal
intimations were given by Sanitary Inspectors to occupiers of food establishments—more
in the nature of advice than of official direction—with the
object of securing co-operation in maintaining a high standard of food
hygiene.