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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

Stepney 1935

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]

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Table: The following is a summary of the inspections, etc., by the four special Inspectors engaged in the supervision and inspection of food :—No. of Inspections

The following is a summary of the inspections, etc., by the four special Inspectors engaged in the supervision and inspection of food :—

No. of Inspections

H. AbsonA.C.BrownT. W. DeeS. VoglerTotals
Butcher and Bacon shops477———477
Butcher and Bacon Stalls171——-171
Butter and Margarine premises.—25—3358
Complaints132222966
Cowsheds—71—57128
Fish shops—101718
Greengrocers and Fruiterers——285—285
Ice Cream Premises—345—252597
Markets (Daily)—27018324612
Milkshops—4232487912
Prepared food premises1421114229468
Wharves602—261—863
Wholesale Grocers147—79127
Bishopsgate Station141141—156
Spitalfields Market——223—223
Miscellaneous visits95—326160581
London Fruit Exchange——37—37
Samples taken—Food and Drugs.32720-7571509
,, ,, Other30271828103
Revisits5198—432635
No. of Summonses taken out1547—51113