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

Twickenham 1951

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Twickenham]

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Table: Table 10— continued.

Table 10— continued.

Inspections for supervision of food:—
Unfit foodstuffs other than meat469
Slaughterhouses6
Butchers' shops (Public Health (Meat) Regulations, 1924)500
Food and Drugs Act, 1938, Section 13:—
Bakehouses313
Fish shops, grocers and greengrocers1,222
Factory canteens15
Restaurant kitchens, etc.816
Hotel and beerhouse bars and cellars:
(a) Day inspections166
(b) Night inspections8
Food and Drugs Act, 1938, Section 14:—
Ice-cream premises (Heat Treatment) Regulations, 1947 to 1951208
Sausage manufacturers19
Preserved meat preparation premises6
Preserved fish preparation premises37
Milk and Dairies Regulations, 1949:—
Milk sampling for bacteriological examination7
Contraventions of Milk and Dairies Regulations3
Dairies42
Shops Act, 1950, Section 3826
Middlesex County Council Act, 1950:—
Hawkers' vehicles28
Hawkers' premises39
Noise nuisances76
Massage and/or special treatment establishments24
Petroleum (Regulation) Acts, 1928 and 1936; Petroleum Spirit Regulations, 1929-1950216
National Assistance Act, 1948, Section 4717
Total number of visits and inspections17,343