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 1953

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]

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Table: Table 13SUMMARY OF INSPECTIONS & VISITS BY THE SPECIALIST INSPECTORS ENGAGED IN THE SUPERVISION & INSPECTION OF FOOD.

Table 13

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

Bakehouse's240
Butcher and Bacon shops and stalls527
Butter and Margarine premises30
Complaints42
Fish shops and stalls524
Grocery and Provision shops552
Greengrocers & Fruiterers shops and stalls840
Ice Cream premises158
London Fruit Exchange164
Markets (daily)572
(week-end)14
Milkshops290
Poultry shops and stalls796
Prepared Food premises697
Public Houses
Railway Depots348
Restaurants, Cafes, Canteens., &c.990
Spitalfields Market97
Wharves714
Wholesale Grocers533
Miscellaneous Visits594
Samples: Food and. Drugs672
Other184
Re-visits753
Total Visits & Inspections10,488
No. of Notice's served353
No. of Summonses taken out (6 premises involved)33

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(+) Includes 287 special night or early morning
inspections at Bishopsgate Goods Station.
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