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 1953

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Twickenham]#

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Table: Table 11— continued.

Table 11— continued.

Inspections for supervision of food:—
Unfit foodstuffs other than meat384
Slaughterhouses12
Butchers' shops (Public Health (Meat) Regulations, 1924)484
Food and Drugs Act, 1938, Section 13:—
Bakehouses201
Fish shops, grocers and greengrocers1,162
Factory and school canteens59
Restaurant kitchens, etc.514
Hotel and beerhouse bars and cellars:
(a) Day inspections61
(b) Night inspectionsNil
Food and Drugs Act, 1938, Section 14:—
Ice-cream premises (Heat Treatment) Regulations, 1947 to 1951344
Sausage manufacturers24
Preserved meat preparation premises39
Preserved fish preparation premises57
Milk and Dairies Regulations, 1949:—
Milk sampling for bacteriological examination—
Contraventions of Milk and Dairies Regulations3
Dairies24
Shops Act, 1950, Section 38557
Middlesex County Council Act, 1950:—
Hawkers' vehicles25
Hawkers' premises31
Noise nuisances29
Massage and/or special treatment establishments7
Petroleum (Regulation) Acts, 1928 and 1936; Petroleum Spirit Regulations, 1929-1950305
National Assistance Act, 1948, Section 4711
Rag Flock and other Filling Materials Act, 19519
Dealers in Old Metal and Marine Stores4
Pet Animals Act, 195115
Total number of visits and inspections17,045