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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

Hackney 1930

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]

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Table: The following is a summary of the food premises in the Borough that are regulated by Statute, together with the number of inspections made:—

The following is a summary of the food premises in the Borough that are regulated by Statute, together with the number of inspections made:—

No. of premises.No. of inspections made.
London County Council By-lawsFish-friers and Curers94162
Do. do.Slaughter-houses—Cattle12444
Do. do.Cowhouses333
Milk and Dairies Order, 1926Milk Purveyors4281400
Factory and Workshops ActBakehouses (above ground)48208
Do. (underground)48
London County Council (General Powers) ActIce Cream Premises225292
London County Council (General Powers) Act and Public Health Meat Regulation, 1924Coffee Shops, Restaurants, etc215191
Do. do.Preserved Meat Factories458
Do. do.Butchers153145
Do. do.Meat Stalls40868
Do. do.Provision Shops39214
Do. do.Butchers' Stores4075
London County Council (General Powers) ActsVarious334554
Hackney Borough Council BylawsMarket Streets with 407 Food Stalls..193
Totals16834837

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In addition there are a large number of itinerant vendors who
hawk food around the streets. The food traders' stores now number
334. All were inspected before a licence was granted.
Thirty-six complaints as to the condition of food premises or
the food sold were received during the year.
One hundred and twenty-four notices were served for defects or
contraventions of the law relating to food premises.
ADULTERATION OF FOOD.
Food and Drugs (Adulteration) Act, 1928.—Samples of food
for chemical analysis are collected by the Sanitary Inspectors,
who are appointed to act as Sampling Officers under this Act.
Those samples taken in strict conformity with the requirements
of the Act are described in this report as "formal samples," whilst
those samples which are purchased without disclosing to the vendor
the fact that samples are being taken for analysis are referred to as
''informal samples.''