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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 1939

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]

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V. INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD.

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

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

H. AbsonA. C. BrownT. W. DeeS. VoglerTotals
Bishopsgate Goods Station*4-+l48-152
Butcher and Bacon shops317———317
Butcher and Bacon stalls293———293
Butter and Margarine premises—8—1927
Complaints3037832107
Cowsheds—40—72112
Fish shops—10—2131
Greengrocers and Fruiterers1—142—142
Grocers and Provision shops—97—20117
Ice Cream premises—299—295594
London Fruit Exchange——263—263
Markets (Daily)36522324364966
Markets (Week-end)22228**
Milkshops—411—515926
Poultry shops532442—3791,353
Poultry stalls990330—7422,062
Prepared Food premises12260—89271
Spitalfields Market——249—249
Wharves443—640—1,083
Wholesale Grocers.-38—73111
Miscellaneous visits184114309196803
Revisits1423583713181,189
Samples taken—Food and Drugs—783—7691,552
„ Other48352645154
No. of Summonses taken out121—2749

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*Of these 1 was a special night inspection.
+Of these, 45 were special night or early morning inspections.
**47 Inspections were also made by the District Sanitary Inspectors.

Table: Unsound Food.—The quantity of foodstuffs destroyed during the year is as followsUnder the Public Health Imported Food Regulations—

Unsound Food.—The quantity of foodstuffs destroyed during the year is as follows

Under the Public Health Imported Food Regulations—

Tons.Cwts.Qtrs.Lbs.
(a) From the Wharves5065313
(b) Zeebrugge—Harwich Train Ferry3517226
Under the Public Health (London) Act, 1936—
(a) From the Spitalfields Market and the London Fruit Exchange36808
(b) From the Meat Depot, Mile End Road31624
(c) From other premises3915110
Total622326

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156 Detention Notices and 220 Release Notices were issued in respect
to various foodstuffs.