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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 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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during the year 1936. The big decrease is almost entirely due to the fact
that the dairymen are keeping their premises and the utensils used in connection
with the business in better conditions.
The year 1936 has been a successful one—difficulties have been met with
and will continue to be met with, but there is every hope for a good year
during 1937.
The following is a summary of the inspections, etc., by the four special
Inspectors engaged in the supervision and inspection of food:—
| H. Abson | A.C.Brown | T. W. Dee | S. Vogler | Totals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Butcher and Bacon shops | 606 | - | 2 | - | 608 |
| Butcher and Bacon Stalls | 172 | — | — | — | 172 |
| Butter and Margarine premises. | — | 31 | - | 32 | 63 |
| Complaints | 12 | 37 | 8 | 13 | 70 |
| Cowsheds | — | 59 | — | 71 | 130 |
| Fish shops | — | 9 | — | 6 | 15 |
| Greengrocers and Fruiterers | — | — | 715 | — | 715 |
| Ice Cream Premises | — | 269 | — | 257 | 526 |
| Markets (Daily) | 14 | 416 | 22 | 349 | 801 |
| „ (Week end) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 |
| Milkshops | — | 828 | — | 728 | 1556 |
| Prepared food premises | 181 | 125 | — | 176 | 482 |
| Wharves | 741 | — | 629 | — | 1370 |
| Wholesale Grocers | — | 67 | — | 117 | 184 |
| Bishopsgate Station | 10 | — | 174 | — | 184 |
| Spitalfields Market | — | 1 | 369 | 370 | |
| Miscellaneous visits | 270 | 118 | 63 | 192 | 643 |
| London Fruit Exchange | — | — | 284 | — | 284 |
| Samples taken—Food and Drugs. | 20 | 786 | 5 | 806 | 1617 |
| „ „ Other | 64 | 41 | 26 | 97 | 228 |
| Revisits | 109 | 287 | 159 | 610 | 1165 |
| No. of Summonses taken out | 5 | 44 | — | 35 | 84 |
No. on
register.
No. of
inspections.
No. of
notices served.
Dairy premises 228
Purvevors bottled milk 399
1,556
157
84
Itinerant vendors 86 - 6
Cowsheds 19 130 19
Milk Supply.
14 samples of milk were submitted to the Bacteriologist for the detection
of Tuberculosis (guinea pig inoculation). In one case the two animals
inoculated both died of septic infection, probably due to organisms present
in the milk. The experiment was, therefore', nullified. Further samples
were taken from the same source and proved to be satisfactory. The
remainder of the samples were satisfactory.