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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 1963
[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 and Drugs Act, 1955 | ||||
| B. Milk and Dairies (General) Regulations, 1959 | ||||
| C. Section 16 - Food and Drugs Act, 1955 | ||||
| D. Number of inspections made | ||||
| Type of Registered Premises | A Preserved Foods | B Milk | C Ice Cream | D Inspections |
| Butchers | 45 | – | – | 162 |
| Confectioners (Sugar and Flour) | – | 1 | 97 | 135 |
| Fruiterers | – | – | 8 | 119 |
| General Shops/Stores | – | 1 | 9 | 17 |
| Grocers | 22 | 34 | 57 | 145 |
| Ice Cream (Manufacture) | – | – | 3 | 5 |
| Milk Depots/Dairies | – | 6 | – | 44 |
| Sundry Premises - Newsagents, etc. | 3 | 1 | 11 | 40 |
| TOTAL | 70 | 43 | 185 | 667 |
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 | Gallons |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bacon | 7. 8 ozs. | – | – | – | – |
| Beefburgers/steak/cheese | – | – | – | 431 | – |
| Beef corned/brisket | 108.13 ozs | 1 | – | – | – |
| " Home Killed | 22 | – | – | – | – |
| Biscuits | – | – | – | 41 | – |
| Cake Mixture | – | 1 | – | – | – |
| Chicken/Chicken vol a @Vant etc. | – | – | – | 42 | – |
| Cream, Mousse, Ice Cream | – | 11 | 12 | 257 | – |
| Culinary Mixtures, Powders | – | 2 | – | – | – |
| Custard Powders, Jellies | – | 4 | – | – | – |
| Dinners (Beef & Poultry) | – | – | – | 23 | – |
| Fillings, dutch apple | 14 | – | – | – | – |
| Fish Cakes/Fingers | – | – | – | 445 | – |
| Fish & Chips | – | – | – | 64 | – |
| " frozen/tinned | – | 16 | – | 332 | – |
| Fish - wet and dry | 147. 8 ozs. | – | – | – | – |
| Foods Flavour Seal | – | – | – | 39 | – |
| Fruit, Vegetables, tinned and frozen | 10 | 263 | – | 292 | – |
| Ham/Gammon | 190. 8 ozs. | 11 | – | – | – |
| Ice Cream | – | – | – | – | 15 |
| Jam/Marmalade /Syrup | – | 10 | – | – | – |
| Lamb, leg of | 41. 8 ozs. | – | – | – | – |
| Lamb/Pork Chops | – | – | – | 26 | – |
| Carried Forward | 541.13 ozs. | 319 | 12 | 1992 | 15 |