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
Sutton and Cheam 1964
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Sutton and Cheam]
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The following table shows the number of food premises registered by type of business, and the number of inspections made.
| Type of Registered Premises | A Preserved Foods | B Milk | C Ice Cream | D Inspections |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Butchers | 44 | _ | _ | 167 |
| Confectioners (Sugar and Flour) | - | 1 | 97 | 58 |
| Fruiterers | - | - | 8 | 103 |
| General Shops/Stores | - | 1 | 8 | 22 |
| Grocers | 21 | 36 | 47 | 207 |
| Ice Cream (Manufacture) | - | - | 5 | 5 |
| Milk Depots/Dairies | - | 4 | - | 32 |
| Sundry Premises - Newsagents etc. | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 |
| TOTAL | 68 | 43 | 171 | 602 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apple roundabouts | _ | _ | _ | 2 |
| Beefburgers/steak/ham | - | - | - | 281 |
| Beef, corned/braised | 30 | 1 | - | 179 |
| Beef, Home killed | 52.8 oz. | - | - | - |
| Butter | 32.8 oz. | 1 | - | - |
| Cheese | - | - | - | 16 |
| Chips, Potato | - | - | - | 151 |
| Chicken/meat pies | - | - | - | 71 |
| Coffee | - | 1 | - | - |
| Confectionery flour | 33 | - | - | 217 |
| Cream | 3 | 2 | - | - |
| Culinary mixtures and powders | - | 2 | - | - |
| Dinners, various | - | - | - | 41 |
| Fish cakes/fingers | - | - | - | 732 |
| Fish, frozen/tinned | 2 | 72 | - | 139 |
| Fish - wet/dry | - | - | - | 199 |
| Foods, flavour seal | - | - | - | 1 |
| Fruit juices | - | 14 | - | - |
| Fruit and vegetables, tinned and frozen | 39 | 347 | 326 | |
| Ham | 242 | 3 | - | - |
| Ice cream | - | - | - | 101 |
| Jam/marmalade/syrup | - | 4 | - | - |
| Kidneys | 42 | - | - | - |
| Lamb, leg of | 7.4 oz. | - | - | - |
| Lamb, livers | 62 | - | - | - |
| Carried forward | 545.4 ozs. | 447 | - | 2456 |