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 1964
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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Table 12 (contd.)
| Reasons for Visits or Inspections | |
| Food Hygiene (General) Regulations, 1960 | 3992 |
| Surrender of Unsound Food | 913 |
| Merchandise Marks Act | 155 |
| Public Health (Meat) Regulations | 354 |
| Food Standards Orders | 43 |
| Labelling of Food Orders | 43 |
| Byelaws: Fish Curing and Fish Frying | 66 |
| Agricultural Produce Grading and Marking Acts | 43 |
| Pharmacy and Medicine Act, 1941 | 43 |
| Sampling | 357 |
| Complaints | 456 |
| Shops Act | 68 |
Samples of food taken during the year for chemical and bacteriological
examination totalled 729.
Summonses taken out numbered 6 respecting the same number of premises
in the Borough: 1 summons related to use of a food room communicating
directly with a room containing a sanitary convenience; 1 to the sale of
bread containing a foreign body; 1 to smoked salmon containing prohibited
preservative; 1 to zinc and castor oil cream containing insufficient zinc
oxide; 1 to buttered rolls the 'butter' consisting of margarine, and 1 to
the sale of fried cod as fried haddock.
Analysis of Works carried out in Food Premises
Lavatory basins installed 63
Premises where - Hot and cold water supply installed 89
- Walls, ceilings, floors and windows
cleansed 369
- Natural lighting improved 4
- Ventilation provided or improved 29
Sinks provided 12
Food storage accommodation provided 8
Refrigerators installed or repaired 6
Floors renewed or repaired 33
Shop-fronts improved 7
Protective covers provided for displayed food 6
Refuse bins provided 25
Miscellaneous 340
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