Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Orpington]
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Greengrocery | 58 |
Grocery | 78 |
Hospitals | 2 |
Industrial Canteens | 18 |
Public Houses | 43 |
Restaurants | 46 |
School Canteens | 15 |
Street Vendors | 12 |
473 |
Food and Drugs Act, 1955—Section 16.
Two hundred and fifty-six shops and food premises have been registered under the above Act, as follow: —
Ice Cream Stores | 206 |
Fish Shops | 8 |
Butchers' Shops | 41 |
Fish and Meat Paste Factory | 1 |
256 |
Unsound Food.
During the year a total of 1 ton 17 cwt. 10 lbs. of varied articles of food were condemned and destroyed, and 311 Food Condemnation Certificates were issued.
Bacon | 13 lbs. |
Cereals | 246 lbs |
Cheese | 5 lbs. |
Chickens | 26 lbs. |
Cordials | 4 lbs. |
Cream | 4 lbs. |
Confectionery | 8 lbs. |
Fish | 97 lbs. |
Fish (tinned) | 120 lbs. |
Fruit (tinned) | 900 lbs. |
Kidneys | 22 lbs. |
Liver | 34 lbs. |
Meat (tinned) | 1166 lbs. |
Meat | 915 lbs. |
Meat Pies | 26 lbs. |
Milk (tinned) | 27 lbs. |
Poultry | 20 lbs. |
Preserves | 11 lbs. |
Sausages | 153 lbs. |
Sauces | 1 lb. |
Soups | 4 lbs. |
Vegetables (tinned) | 294 lbs. |
Vegetables | 58 lbs. |
Milk and Dairies Regulations.
Five dairies have been registered under the above regulations.
No further Dealer's (Pre-Packed Milk) Licences under the Milk
(Special Designation) Regulations, 1960, were issued during the year.
Five visits were made to the dairies during 1963.