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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
Shoreditch 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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36.
The work in connection with food hygiene was continued throughout tho
year, and regular inspoctions of all premises in the Borough where food is
handled were carried out.
Tho total number of food-handling premises in the Borough at the end of 1953 was 1097, as follows
| Cafes and Restaurants | 174 |
| Factory and Warehouse Canteens | 106 |
| Ice Cream Shops and Manufacturers | 176 |
| Milk Shops and Depots | 87 |
| Butchers' Shops and Stores | 45 |
| Fried Fish Shops | 14 |
| Fish Curers | 7 |
| Bakehouses | 16 |
| Food Factories | 12 |
| Food Warehouses | 14 |
| Clubs, Schools, etc. | 26 |
| Grooory and Provision Shops | 117 |
| Bakers' Shops | 20 |
| Confeotioners' Shops | 57 |
| Greengrocers' Shops | 47 |
| Corn Chandlers' Shops | 2 |
| Chemist Shops | 22 |
| Public Houses | 145 |
| Off Licences | 7 |
| Other premises selling mineral waters etc. | 3 |
| 1,097 |
The two remaining underground bakehouses in the Borough were inspected
from time to time during the year and certificates of suitability,as requirad
by The Factories Act, 1937, Section 54, were issued. Building work was
commenoad on a new two-storey bakehouse to replace two unsatisfactory
bakehouses mentioned in the previous annual report.
Further progress was made in connection with the hygienic storage of
food by the installation at a number of premises of refrigerators,
refrigeratod display cabinets and frozon food cabinets.
Work in connection with the improvement of sanitary accommodation in
public houses was continued. Alteration or reconstruction of the W.C. and
urinal accommodation was carried out at 11 licensod premises. Plans were
in hand at the end of tho year for the improvement of the sanitary
accommodation at a further 6 public houses.