London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Stepney 1959
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
This page requires JavaScript
Summary of Work of Public Health Inspectors (Food). (Table 17 contd.)
| Reason for Visit. | |
| Food Hygiene Regulations, 1955 | 3602 |
| Surrender of Unsound Food | 599 |
| Merchandise Marks Acts . | 254 |
| Public Health (Meat) Regulations | 364 |
| Food Standards Orders | 51 |
| Labelling of Food Orders | 55 |
| Byelaws: Fish Curer and Fish Frying | 100 |
| Agricultural Produce Grading and Marking Acts | 46 |
| Pharmacy and Medicines Act, 1941 | 46 |
| Sampling | 207 |
| Complaints | 121 |
Samples of food taken during the year for chemical and bacteriological
examination numbered 494.
Summonses taken out numbered 11 and related to 3 premises in the
Borough. Nine summonses related to conditions in a bakehouse, one to a
foreign body found in bread, and one to the sale of horseflesh for human
consumption in a cafe, without the requisite notice being displayed.
Table 18
SUMMARY OF INSPECTIONS MADE BY THE HOUSING INSPECTOR
| Caravan Sites and Fairgrounds | 102 |
| Complaints | 26 |
| Housing Act, 1957 - Section 16 | 82 |
| Housing Accommodation Direction, 1952 | 39 |
| Immigrant Enquiries for Malta Government | 21 |
| Improvement Grants and Standard Grants | 13 |
| Miscellaneous Inspections | 155 |
| Overcrowding | 62 |
| "Permitted Numbers" under the Housing Act | 448 |
| Premises situated in Clearance Areas | 589 |
| Requisitioned Premises | 157 |
| Temporary Hutments | 2 |
| Underground Rooms | 568 |