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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

Wanstead and Woodford 1960

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wanstead and Woodford]

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Table: The food premises in the District may be classified as follows:-

The food premises in the District may be classified as follows:-

Confectioners (cakes, pastries)29
Grocers77
Greengrocers35
Butchers35
Confectioners and Tobacconists72
Restaurants and cafes34
Fishmongers15
Dairies and Milkshops10
Miscellaneous33

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of these 122 are registered for the storage and sale of ice cream;
57 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 25 Tuberculin Tested 12
Supplementary Licences:-
Pasteurised 6 Sterilised 7 Tuberculin Tested 5

Table: Inspection of Food Premises and Vehicles

Inspection of Food Premises and Vehicles

Butchers' Shops Stalls, etc.119
Wholesale Butchers' Depots56
Cooked Meat Shops2
Butchers' Carriers' Vans8
Bakehouses58
Fishmongers41
Grocers188
Restaurants and Cafes136
Dairies and Milkshops12
Greengrocers87
Ice Cream Premises41
Street Vendors6
Food and Drugs Sampling117
Ice Cream Sampling19
Milk Sampling3
Other Premises90
Food Hygiene Regulations538
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