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
Redbridge 1968
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Redbridge]
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Regular inspections are also paid to outworkers within the borough
which number 251.
Details of the administration of the Act are contained in Appendix
23.
Inspection and
Supervision of
Food
I have divided details of this important branch of the work under
the following headings:-
(a) Registration
(b) Sampling - (i) Food and Drugs
(ii) Bacteriological
(c) Inspection of Food
(d) Inspection of premises, hawkers etc.
Ice Cream -
Premises on register for manufacture and/or storage and sale of
ice cream
Food Preparation Premises -
Premises on register for the preparation or manufacture of
sausages or potted, pressed, pickled or preserved meat, fish or
other food intended for sale 336
Hawkers -
Hawkers of food, and premises used for the storage of such
food, on register
(b) Sampling:
(i) Food and Drugs -
A total of 328 Food and Drugs samples were purchased during the year, and i
only four of these were found to be unsatisfactory.