London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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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 1952

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]

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Table: Table 10.SUMMARY OF INSPECTIONS & VISITS BY THE SPECIALIST INSPECTORS ENGAGED IN THE SUPERVISION & INSPECTIONOF FOOD.

Table 10.

SUMMARY OF INSPECTIONS & VISITS BY THE SPECIALIST INSPECTORS ENGAGED IN THE SUPERVISION & INSPECTION

OF FOOD.

Bakehouses260
Butcher and Bacon shops and stalls374
Butter and Margarine premises28
Complaints60
Fish shops and stalls507
Grocery and Provision shops549
Greengrocers & Fruiterers shops and stalls1,161
Ice Cream premises238
London Fruit Exchange147
Markets (daily)696
" (week-end)14
Milkshops264
Poultry shops and stalls939
Prepared Food premises574
Public Houses223
Railway Depots345+
Restaurants, Cafes, Canteens, &c.1,141
Spitalfields Market122
Wharves733
Wholesale Grocers555
Miscellaneous Visits605
Samples: Food and Drugs1,015
Other241
Re-visits815
Total Visits & Inspections11,606
No. of Notices served345
No. of Summonses taken out (12 premises involved)33

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(+)Includes 303 special night or early
morning inspections at Bishopsgate Goods Station.
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