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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
Willesden 1960
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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Table 42 Food: Samples taken
| Article | No. of samples | Unsatisfactory |
|---|---|---|
| Milk (various) | 220 | — |
| Butter and margarine | 86 | — |
| Cakes and biscuits | 5 | — |
| Coffee | 5 | — |
| Cream | 39 | 2 |
| Drugs | 34 | 1 |
| Fish and fish products | 36 | 1 |
| Fruit—fresh and dried | 13 | — |
| Ice cream | 39 | — |
| Liver | 11 | — |
| Meat and meat products | 92 | — |
| Preserves | 5 | — |
| Soft drinks | 12 | — |
| Spirits | 22 | — |
| Sweets | 15 | 5 |
| Vinegar and non-brewed condiments | 65 | 6 |
| Miscellaneous | 21 | 1 (cheese) |
| Total | 720 | 16 |
FACTORIES Table 43 On register and inspections
| No. on register | Inspections | Written notices | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Factories in which sections 1, 2, 3, 4, and 6 are to be enforced by local authority | 62 | 84 | 8 |
| Factories not included above in which section 7 is enforced by the local authority | 738 | 1,121 | 66 |
| Other premises in which section 7 is enforced by the local authority (excluding outworkers premises) | 12 | 18 | — |
| Total | 812 | 1,223 | 74 |
No occupiers were prosecuted during the year.
Table 44 Defects found
| Found | Remedied | Referred | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| To H.M. Inspector | By H.M. Inspector | |||
| Want of cleanliness (sec. 1) | 8 | 7 | — | |
| Overcrowding (sec. 2) | — | — | — | — |
| Unreasonable temperature (sec. 3) | — | — | — | — |
| Inadequate ventilation (sec. 4) | — | — | — | — |
| Ineffective drainage of floors (sec. 6) | — | — | — | — |
| Sanitary conveniences (sec. 7) | ||||
| (a) Insufficient | 1 | 2* | — | 1 |
| (b) Unsuitable or defective | 67 | 58 | — | 3 |
| (c) Not separate for sexes | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Other offences against the Act (not including offences relating to outworkers) | 1 | — | — | — |
| Total | 78 | 68* | — | 4 |
*One defect outstanding from previous year.
No prosecutions were instituted during the year.