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Wood Green 1961

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wood Green]

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INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD
(a) Food Premises in the Borough
Bakers Shops 23
Butchers Shops 38
Cafes and Restaurants 52
Chemists Shops 15
Confectionery and Sweet Shops 69
Dairies and Milk Shops 38
Pried Pish Shops 11
Wet Pish Shops 11
Greengrocers Shops 49
Grocers Shops 82
Public Houses and Off-Licences 41
Food Factories 9
( b) Food and Drugs Act, 1955, Section 16.
There are 11 premises registered for the manufacture of Ice
Cream in the district and 150 premises registered for retailing
Ice Cream. puring the year 59 visits were paid to these premises.
Also 46 premises are registered under this Section for the
preparation or manufacture of sausages or potted, pressed pickled
or preserved food intended for sale. Visits to these premises
during the year numbered 186,
(c) Middlesex County Council Act I950o
Section II.-Registration of Hawkers of Food.
Twenty-nine hawkers of food in the Borough are registered-
(d) Meat and Other Foods Condemned
The under-mentioned foodstuffs were certified as unfit for
human consumption during the year-
lb. Tins
Meat 786 Meat 819
Fish 131 Pish 225
Salt 18 Fruit 2 492
Raisins 8 Vegetables 641
Cut Peel 10 Tomatoes 188
953 Evaporated & Condensed Milk 207
Cream 38
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS - Milk 24
Boxes of Sweets 24 Milk Pudding 46
Coffee 42 Soup 97
Jam etc. 111 Spaghetti 12
Cheeses 8 Steak & Kidney 31
Cereals 90 Others 67
Pickles 133 4,887
Sauce 65
Mayonnaise 17
After examination by the Public Health Inspector condemned
food is collected by this Department's Van; it is then removed
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