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 Willesden]
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Table 41
Food premises: Defects remedied
Defects | Outstanding at 31.12.57 | Found during the year | Total | Remedied during year | Outstanding at 31.12.58 |
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Inadequate lighting and ventilation | 5 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 1 |
Inadequate washing facilities | 16 | 49 | 65 | 57 | 8 |
Inadequate refuse storage | 4 | 36 | 40 | 38 | 2 |
Unsatisfactory or insufficient sanitary accommodation | 13 | 54 | 67 | 55 | 12 |
Inadequate storage accommodation | 3 | 12 | 15 | 10 | 5 |
Defective walls, ceilings or floors | 30 | 89 | 119 | 100 | 19 |
Dirty walls, ceilings or floors | 26 | 191 | 217 | 182 | 35 |
Inadequate first aid materials | 6 | 20 | 26 | 25 | 1 |
Unsatisfactory conditions | 4 | 10 | 14 | 11 | 3 |
Any other defects | 28 | 175 | 203 | 175 | 28 |
Totals | 135 | 641 | 776 | 662 | 114 |
Table 42
Food premises: Registration
Premises on register 31.12.57 | Applications received | Applications granted | Applications refused | Premises removed from register during 1958 | Total on register at 31.12.58 | Inspections made | ||
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1. Sale and storage of ice cream | 351 | 16 | 16 | - | 7 | 360 | 793 | |
2. Manufacture of ice cream | 11 | - | - | - | - | 11 | 371 | 54 |
3. Manufacture of preserved food | 130 | 6 | 6 | - | 1 | 135 | 291 | |
4. Fish curing | 6 | — | — | — | 4 | 2 | 9 |
Table 43
Food unfit for human consumption
Meat
Bacon 1,980 lbs.
Cooked 149¾ lbs.
Tinned 4,095¼ lbs
Raw 1,060 lbs.
Fish
Tinned 590 tins
Raw 232 lbs.
Vegetables
Tinned 3,327 tins
Raw —
Fruit
Tinned 6,510 tins
Raw 245 lbs.
Bread, flour, cereals, etc. 173 lbs.
Preserves 133 lbs.
Cheese 29 pkts.
Tinned milk 1,101 tins
Miscellaneous
Biscuits 8 lbs.
Cat and dog meat 149 tins
Cooked mock salmon cutlets 10 lbs.
Cordial 13 bottles
Cream 35 tins
Fruit cake 846 lbs.
Fruit juice 25 tins
Fruit puddings 3 tins
Meat pie 1¾ lbs.
Milk whip 5 jars
Pork sausage meat 21 lbs.
Puff pastry 4 lbs.
Rice pudding 6 tins
Sausages lbs.
Sauce 6 bottles
Soup 820 tins