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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
Sutton and Cheam 1962
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Sutton and Cheam]
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REGISTERED FOOD PREMISES
The following table shows the number of food premises registered by type of business, and the number of inspections made.
| A. | Section 16 - Food & Drugs Act, 1955 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B. | Milk and Dairies (General) Regulations, 1959 | |||||
| C. | Section 16 - Food & Drugs Act, 1955 | |||||
| D. | Number of Inspections made | |||||
| Type of Registered Premises | A | B | C | D | ||
| Preserved Foods | Milk | Ice Cream | Inspections | |||
| Butchers | 45 | - | - | 142 | ||
| Confectioners (Sugar and Flour) | - | 1 | 96 | 180 | ||
| Fruiterers | - | - | 7 | 111 | ||
| General Shops/Stores | - | 1 | 9 | 33 | ||
| Grocers | 20 | 34 | 57 | 159 | ||
| Ice Cream (Manufacture) | - | - | 2 | 5 | ||
| Milk Depots/Dairies | - | 5 | - | 36 | ||
| Sundry Premises - Newsagents-, etc. | 3 | 1 | 6 | 45 | ||
| TOTAL | 68 | 42 | 177 | 711 | ||
UNSOUND FOOD
The following diseased and/or unsound meat and other foods have been surrendered and destroyed or, where suitable, utilised for pig food.
| Type of Food Condemned | lbs. | Tins | Bottles or Jars | Packets or Numbers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beefburgers | - | - | - | 3 |
| Beef earned/braised | 27.4 ozs | 2 | - | 14 |
| Beef (Home Killed) | 172.8 ozs | - | - | - |
| Butter, peanut | - | 1 | - | - |
| Cake mix | - | - | - | 3 |
| Chickens/Chicklets | - | - | - | 30 |
| Confectionery (Flour) | - | - | - | 73 |
| Dinners (Beef & Poultry) | - | - | - | 11 |
| Fish & Chips | - | - | - | 13 |
| Fish Fingers/Cakes | - | - | - | 198 |
| Fish - Wet & Dry | 21 | - | - | 111 |
| Fruit/Vegetables | - | 57 | - | 295 |
| Ham | 25.10 ozs | - | - | - |
| Hamburgers | - | - | - | 36 |
| Horlicks | - | 1 | - | - |
| Ice Cream | - | - | - | 67 |
| Jam ^Marmalade/Syrup | - | 2 | - | - |
| Kidneys | 56 | - | - | - |
| Lamb (Home Killed) | 6 | - | - | 2 |
| Livers (Lamb) | 12.4 ozs. | - | - | - |
| Meat & Chicken Pies | - | - | - | 49 |
| Meat, Luncheon etc. | 28 | 4 | - | 3 |
| Mousse | - | - | - | 101 |
| Peas/Beans/Baked Beans | 12 | 8 | - | 1 |
| Pork (Home Killed) | 33.7 ozs. | - | - | - |
| Pork (Imported) | 3.8 ozs. | - | - | - |
| Potato Crisps 'Puffles/Chips | - | - | - | 48 |
| Carried Forward | 397.9 ozs. | 75 | - | 1058 |