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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 1959
[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 | 91 |
| (b) The preparation or manufacture of sausages or potted, pressed, pickled or preserved food intended for sale | 72 |
| III. Dairies registered under the Milk and Dairies Regulations, 1949 | 4 |
| IV. Number of inspections of registered food premises | 348 |
There are no ice-cream manufacturers 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 bv vour inspectors was 17 cwt. 3 qtr. 4 lb.
The food condemned was as follows:—
| Beef | 329 lb. | Raisins | 7 lb. |
| Braised pork and kidney | 1 „ | Soya flour | 8 oz. |
| Bovril | 4 oz. | Syrup | 42 lb. |
| Cheese | 4 lb. | Steak pies | 2 |
| Chicken fat | 46 „ | Tinned butter beans | 1 tin |
| Cream | 6 oz. | Tinned corned beef | 6 „ |
| Dried fruit | 2 lb. | Tinned fruit | 166 „ |
| Fish | 70 „ | Tinned fruit juice | 4 „ |
| Flour | 80 „ | Tinned marmalade | 1 „ |
| Gherkins | 451 pts. | Tinned milk | 42 „ |
| Horseradish sauce | 5 lb. | Tinned Milo | 1 „ |
| Kam | 230 „ | Tinned molasses | 3 „ |
| Jam (84 jars) | 93 „ | Tinned Nescafe | 2 „ |
| Lambs tongues | 2 „ | Tinned sauerkraut | 11 „ |
| Luncheon meat | 13 „ | Tinned soup | 18 „ |
| Marmite (3 jars) | 9 oz. | Tinned stewed steak | 2 „ |
| Mayonnaise | 10 lb. | Tinned tomatoes | 101 „ |
| Mincemeat | 3 „ | Tinned vegetables | 69 „ |
| Milk powder | 64 „ | Frozen foods— | |
| Orange squash | 1 bot. | Vegetables | 110 pkts. |
| Pork | 13 lb. | Steaklets | 5 „ |
Condemnation certificates issued—93.
Legal proceedings were taken as follows:—
Case No. 1—Sale of unsound food (sausages). Fined £5 and ordered to pay
£2 2s. costs.
Case No. 2—Sale of unsound food (meat puddings). Fined £10.
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 29 persons are registered as distributors.
| Tuberculin tested milk | 10 |
| Pasteurised milk | 13 |
| Sterilised milk | 15 |
| Supplementary Licences: | |
| Tuberculin tested milk | 6 |
| Pasteurised milk | 7 |
| Sterilised milk | 6 |