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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 1946

[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:-

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.VoglorTOTALS
Bakehouses-16—420
Butcher & Bacon Shops249-8-257
" " " Stalls.134---134
Butter & mergarine Premises—54—1367
Complaints1412123371
Cowsheds-65-3095
Fish Shops & Stalls-304-529833
Grocery & Provision
Shops—1671116284
Greengrocers & Fruiterers shops & stalls--63-63
Ice Cream premises—339-251590
London Fruit Exchange--180-180
Markets (Daily)378536715071492
Markets (Week-end)232510
Milkshops-472-383855
Poultry Shops536---536
Poultry Stalls459---459
Prepared Food premises169174-110453
Railway Depots151200-216
Restaurants & Cafes4167-204375
Spitalfields Market8-161-169
Wharves36311690-1064
Wholesale Grocers—144-210354
Miscellaneous Visits Samples taken -4912355193425
Food & Drugs-775-7701545
Other254866130
Revisits121209296551014
No. of Summonses taken out.-10-2333

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Includes 6 special night or early morning inspections a
Bishopsgate Goods Station.
X Includes 50 special night or early morning inspections at
Bishopsgate Goods Station.
35 inspections were also made by the District Sanitary
Inspectors.
43 inspections were also made by the District Sanitary
Inspectors.
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