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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 1961

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]

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Table: Summary of Work of Public Health Inspectors (Food). (Table 15 contd.)Reason for Visit.

Summary of Work of Public Health Inspectors (Food). (Table 15 contd.)

Reason for Visit.

Food Hygiene (General) Regulations, 19605,010
Surrender of Unsound Food545
Merchandise Marks Act201
Public Health (Meat) Regulations342
Food Standards Orders30
Labelling of Food Orders38
Byelaws: Fish Curing and Fish Frying86
Agricultural Produce Grading and Marking Acts35
Pharmacy and Medicines Act, 194133
Sampling293
Complaints163
Shops Act141
Samples of food taken during the year for chemical and bacteriological examination numbered 1,663.

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Summonses taken out numbered 4 and related to 3 premises in the
Borough. Two summonses related to foreign bodies found in cake, and two
to the continued use of a basement bakehouse after the Certificate of
Suitability had been withdrawn.

Table: Table 16SUMMARY OF INSPECTIONS MADE BY THE HOUSING INSPECTOR

Table 16

SUMMARY OF INSPECTIONS MADE BY THE HOUSING INSPECTOR

Caravan Sites266
Housing Act, 1957- Section 1639
Housing Act, 1957- Section 1754
Town Planning52
Immigrant Enquiries for Malta Government26
Improvement Grants and Standard Grants19
Miscellaneous Inspections311
Overcrowding50
"Permitted Numbers" under the Housing Act203
Premises situated in Clearance Areas69
Premises inspected- Compulsory Purchase Orders432
Underground Rooms439
Vacant sites12