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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
Penge 1958
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Penge]
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II. Number of food premises registered under Section 16 of the Food and Drugs Act, 1955, used for—
| (a) Sale or manufacture for purposes of sale of ice-cream, or the storage of ice-cream intended for sale | 87 |
| (b) The preparation or manufacture of sausages or potted, pressed, pickled or preserved food intended for sale | 60 |
| III. Dairies registered under the Milk and Dairies Regulations, 1949 | 4 |
| IV. Number of inspections of registered food premises | 410 |
There are no ice-cream manufacturers in the district.
No animals were slaughtered in the district.
Your public health inspectors continued to give advice to occupiers of
food premises on matters relating to food and general hygiene.
The amount of food surrendered and condemned as unfit for human
consumption after examination by your inspectors was 1 ton 14 cwts. 1 qtr.
8 lb.
The food condemned was as follows:—
| Bacon | 31 lb. | Offal | 2,004 lb. |
| Beef | 177 „ | Pearl Barley | 4 „ |
| Butter | 105 „ | Pork | 210 „ |
| Cheese | 11 „ | Poultry | 28 „ |
| Cooking fat | 30 „ | Prunes | 3 „ |
| Dehydrated vegetable | 14 „ | Orange Juice | 1 bott. |
| Dried peas | 10 „ | Tinned Fish | 4 tins |
| Fish | 524 „ | Tinned Fruit | 176 „ |
| Flour | 40 „ | Tinned Meat | 39 „ |
| Jam | 1 „ | Tinned Milk | 11 „ |
| Lard | 25 „ | Tinned Preserves | 3 „ |
| Margarine | 61 „ | Tinned Soup | 3 „ |
| Milk Powder | 112 „ | Tinned Spaghetti | 1 „ |
| Oatmeal | 4 „ | Tinned Vegetables | 37 „ |
Condemnation Certificates issued—63.
Milk Supply
There are no cowsheds or pasteurising plants in the district. All milk
sold in the district is special designated milk in sealed containers. There are
four dairies on the Register and 27 persons are registered as distributors.
| Tuberculin tested milk | 6 |
| Pasteurised milk | 12 |
| Sterilised milk | 14 |
| Tuberculin tested milk | 5 |
| Pasteurised milk | 7 |
| Sterilised milk | 6 |