Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wanstead and Woodford]
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The food premises in the District may be classified as follows:—
Confectioners (cakes, pastries) 29
Grocers 77
Greengrocers 35
Butchers 35
Confectioners and Tobacconists 72
Restaurants and cafes 34
Fishmongers 15
Dairies and Milkshops 10
Miscellaneous 33
of these
109 are registered for the storage and sale of ice cream;
55 are registered for the preparation of preserved foods.
Disposal of unsound foodstuffs
The unsound food condemned by the Public Health Inspectors is
destroyed in the incinerator at Chingford.
The Milk (Special Designations) (Pasteurised and Sterilised Milk)
Regulations, 1949 and 1953 and Raw Milk Regulations
The following licences were issued:
Dealers' Licences:
Pasteurised 14 Sterilised 29 Tuberculin Tested 12
Supplementary Licences:
Pasteurised 9 Sterilised 10 Tuberculin Tested 9
Inspection of Food Premises and Vehicles
Butchers' Shops, Stalls, etc 134
Wholesale Butchers' Depots 109
Cooked Meat Shops 4
Butchers' Carriers' Vans 18
Bakehouses 54
Fishmongers 34
Grocers 144
Restaurants and Cafes 55
Dairies and Milkshops 16
Greengrocers 92
Ice Cream Premises 48
Street Vendors 13
Food and Drugs Sampling 81
Ice Cream Sampling 48
Milk Sampling 27
Other Premises
Food Hygiene Regulations 557
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