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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 1964
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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Initial consignments were watched carefully for purity standard, and one
particular parcel was found to be so grossly contaminated with foreign material
of every kind that the importer put into effect the recommendation of the
Department that the whole consignment be re-exported to Yugoslavia
The quality standard has now improved considerably and the amount of
foreign bodies found in the commodity is negligible.
MARKETS
Licensed street traders engaged in the sale of food for human consumption in the Borough are listed as follows:-
| Hoxton Street | Broadway Market | Nile Street | Calvert Avenue | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fruit & Vegetables | 43 | 10 | ||
| Fish - wet | 5 | 1 | - | |
| Fish - shell | 2 | |||
| Poultry | 2 | - | 1 | |
| Meat | 1 | - | ||
| Groceries | 11 | 1 | - | |
| Sweets & Confectionery | 5 | - | ||
| Cakes and biscuits | 3 | - | ||
| Refreshments | 1 | - | 1 |
Conditions in general in relation to street trading cannot be said to have
deteriorated in any way but the proposed introduction of the new Food Hygiene
(Markets Stalls etc,) Regulations has had a somewhat delaying effect on
certain phases of market control on the assumption that in the not-too-fardistant
future new legislation will become operative which will require
improvements to be enforced that cannot be asked for at the moment.
The implementation of some of the requirements will undoubtedly call for
Byelaw amendments which will take time to introduce but the position is kept
constantly under review
Public Houses
Where as a result of routine inspections of public houses a recommendation
has been made to the Brewery Company that the existing sanitary arrangements
could with advantage be improved, the Company have received the suggestions
favourably and where possible have carried them into effect, or included
them in their estimates for the following year Three such incidents have
borne fruit this year
Pharmacy & Poisons Act. 1933
Thirty two licences under the above Act were issued during the year.
Regular observations and routine visits were made to shops and stalls in
search of unauthorised sellers
Pharmacy & Medicines Act 1941
Observations were kept in connection with the requirements under the
above Act but no contraventions were noted during the year
Merchandise Marks Act, 1926
There were no contraventions of the above Act during the year and strict
observation was kept of all food premises and stalls in the Borough in relation
to this subject