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
East Ham 1961
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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| C. Ice Cream | 1960 | 1961 |
|---|---|---|
| Number of premises registered for sale of ice cream | 311 | 311 |
| Number of new registrations included in above figure | 18 | 7 |
| Number of premises registered for manufacture of ice cream | 20 | 20 |
| Number of samples of ice cream submitted for bacteriological examination | 38 | 37 |
| Number of above samples found unsatisfactory or of a low standard of purity | 21 | 18 |
| Grading of samples on examination- | ||
| Grade I | 22 | 23 |
| Grade II | 10 | 7 |
| Grade III | 4 | 4 |
| Grade IV | 2 | 3 |
| D. Other Foods | 1960 | 1961 |
| Number of premises registered at end of year for the preparation or manufacture of prescribed foods | 109 | 107 |
| Number of new registrations included in above figures | - | 1 |
| The following amounts of foodstuffs were certified as unfit for human consumption | ||
| Meat (tins) | 144 | 277 |
| Fruit (tins) | 309 | 202 |
| Milk (tins) | 35 | 60 |
| Fish (tins) | 37 | 40 |
| Other foods (fins or packets) | 233 | 897 |
| Totals | 772 | 1,476 |
Food other than tinned or packeted:-
| Meat | 352 lbs. | 539 lbs. 3ozs. |
| Fish | 42 lbs. | 60 lbs. |
| Chickens | 58 lbs. 11 ozs. | - |
| Cream | 5 ozs. | 6 ozs. |
| Currants | 50 lbs. | - |
| Jam | 5 lbs. | 119 lbs. 4 ozs. |
| Marmalade | 1 lb. | - |
| Prunes | 60 lbs. | - |
| Piccallilli | 3 lbs. 11 ozs. | - |
| Potatoes | 252 lbs. | - |
| Meat Paste | - | 1½ ozs. |
| Totals | 824 lbs. 11 ozs. | 718 lbs. 14½ ozs |