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Shoreditch 1933

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]

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Ice-Cream Shops.
The number under observation during the year was 137, and 301 visits of
inspection were made. In 27 instances sanitary notices were served. Most
of these were for general cleansing. The L.C.C. (General Powers) Act, 1932,
provides for the registration of ice-cream premises.
At the end of the year the number on the register was 137.
Bakehouses.
The number of bakehouses on the register throughout the year was 48.
The number underground was 30, and the number of factory bakehouses
was 37.
In connection with bakehouses the Sanitary Inspectors paid 1G6 visits of
inspection. Intimation notices were served in 30 instances.
Sale of Food Order, 1921.
The provisions of this Order respecting the marking of imported Meat
and Eggs were complied with. No contraventions were noticed or complaints
received during the year.
Milk and Dairies Order, 1926.
General observation was kept on all purveyors of milk by the Sanitary
Inspectors. In one case a purveyor of milk was observed " filling
bottles in the street." Legal proceedings were instituted and the defendant
was fined £2 0s. 0d., and ordered to pay £1 1s. Od. costs.
The following summary follows in the main the return made to the
Medical Officer of Health of the London County Council for inclusion in his
Annual Report for the year 1933 : —

Sanitary Area.

PREMISES.NUMBER OF PLACES—Number of inspections, 1933Number of notices, 1933Number of prosecutions, 1933
On register at end of 1932Added in 1933Removed in 1933On register at end of 1933
Common lodging houses.........418......
Milk premises29321192951,27225...
Cowsheds2......218......
Slaughterhouses.....................
Offensive trade premises1......1231
Ice Cream premises12017...13730127...
Houses let in lodgings4091...410588220...
Restaurants and eating houses22313822851654...