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 1957
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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Table 11.
SUMMARY OF WORK OF PUBLIC HEALTH INSPECTORS (FOOD)
| No. | Visits or Inspections . | Notices | Legal Proceedings. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Registered Premises | |||||
| Milk Distributors | Dairies | 16 | 333 | 6 | - |
| Itinerant Vendors | 31 | ||||
| Other | 219 | ||||
| Licences issued to persons under the Milk (Special Designations)(Pasteurised & Sterilised Milk) & (Raw Milk) Regulations, 1949-34 | 558 | - | - | - | |
| Ice Cream Premises | Sale | 269 | 150 | 6 | - |
| Manufacture | 29 | ||||
| - Storage only. | 2 | ||||
| Prepared Food Prem | ises - Meat | 87 | 318 | 32 | - |
| - Fish | 49 ) | ||||
| Other Premises | |||||
| Bakehouses - basement | 6 | ||||
| _ ground level | 44 | 476 | 32 | 3 | |
| Bakers shops | 63 | ||||
| Butchers shops and stalls | 112 | 432 | 74 | 2 | |
| Catering establishments | 903 | 1492 | 177 | — | |
| Fish shops and stalls | 162 | 170 | 50 | — | |
| Greengrocers and fruiterers | 680 | 541 | 75 | 1 | |
| Grocers (wholesale and retail) | 414 | 995 | 70 | 2 | |
| Public Houses and Off Licences | 278 | 197 | 18 | - | |
| Poultry Dealers (excluding butchers) | 86 | 166 | 28 | _ | |
| Railway Depots | 4 | 419 | _ | - | |
| Wharves | 42 | 764 | - | - | |
| Miscellaneous Food Premises | 338 | 716 | 25 | — | |
| Meat Vehicles | - | 96 | _ | ||
| Revisits | - | 1646 | - | - | |
| i ' | 8911 | 593 | 8 | ||
There are 2,863 food premises, including stalls, in the Borough.
Some of the premises listed above are included under more than one trade
category.
(Contd.)
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