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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
Kingston upon Thames 1967
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kingston-upon-Thames]
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Pood Hygiene (General) Regulations. 1960.
The following is a tabulated statement of inspections made of the various types of food premises
| No. of Premises | Visits | |
|---|---|---|
| Bakehouses and Bakers' Shops | 34 | 159 |
| Butchers | 60 | 237 |
| Confectioners | 151 | 115 |
| Pish Shops (wet or fried) | 26 | 90 |
| Greengrocers | 71 | 159 |
| Grocers | 141 | 452 |
| Ice cream, manufacture | 4 | 90 |
| " sale | 289 | 186 |
| Institutions | 34 | 9 |
| Milk shops and depots Mobile shops | 105 | 56 107 |
| Office, show and works canteens | 102? | 50 |
| Public houses, hotels and licensed premises | 134 | 139 |
| Restaurants and cafes | 68 | 337 |
| School canteens | 72 | 122 |
| Clubs | 59 | 20 |
| Open Markets | 2 | 420 |
| Wholesale meat shops | 9 | 65 |
| Other food premises | 48 | 112 |
| 1,409 | 2,923 |
Prosecutions,
Legal proceedings were instituted in respect of a number of
contraventions of the Pood Hygiene (General) Regulations 1960 at
two restaurants in the Borough,, The defendants in each case
pleaded guilty and fines totalling £160 in one case and £490
with £20 costs in the other were imposed. Eighteen summonses
were issued in respect of the latter case.