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Hackney 1930

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]

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Table: Foods, Medicines, etc., supplied free of cost to necessitous mothers.

Foods, Medicines, etc., supplied free of cost to necessitous mothers.

Description of Article.Cost to the Council.
£s.d.
Cod liver oil and malt2856
Marylebone cream20135
Virol1370
Sundries3250
Total941011

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INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD AND
FOOD PREMISES.
The food premises of the Borough are kept under observation
both as to their sanitary condition and cleanliness and the condition
and soundness of the food stored, sold or prepared for sale, by two
Sanitary Inspectors, who visit the butchers, slaughter-houses,
markets, dairies, etc., and generally by the District Sanitary
Inspectors.
MILK SUPPLY.
Milk and Dairies Order, 1926.—The Borough Council is required
by the provisions of the Milk and Dairies Order, 1926, to keep
registers of all persons carrying on in the Borough the trade of
cowkeeper or dairyman and of all premises in the Borough which
are used as dairies.
The Milk and Dairies Order, 1926, excludes from registration
those premises from which milk is not supplied otherwise than in
properly closed and unopened receptacles in which it is delivered,
but, following upon a decision of the High Court, the Borough
Council registers as purveyors of milk those persons who sell milk
in sealed bottles within the Borough.

Table: The following summary shows the state of the Registers at the end of 1929, the additions and deletions made during 1930 and the number of entries remaining at the end of 1930:—

The following summary shows the state of the Registers at the end of 1929, the additions and deletions made during 1930 and the number of entries remaining at the end of 1930:—

Cowkeepers and Cowhouses.Dairies and Milkshops.Dairymen, including those whose premises are outside the Borough.Purveyors of Milk in sealed bottles.
On Registers on31st December, 19293196210216
Alterations to Registers (transfer of ownership of business)..7..13
Added to Registers..4613
Removed from Registers....11
On Registers on 31st December, 19303200215228
Increase (+) Decrease (—)..+ 4+ 5+ 12