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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 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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| No. of premises. | No. of Inspections. | |
|---|---|---|
| London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1908, and Public Health (Meat) Regulations, 1924 | Butchers' Shops (not regd.) 68 | 154 |
| Do. do. | Do. Stalls ,, 42 | 2,836 |
| Do. do. | Do. Stores ,, 41 | 82 |
| Do. do. | Provision Shops 243 | 243 |
| Do. do. | Food Factories 17 | 106 |
| Milk and Dairies Order. 1926 | Dairymen 217 | 475 |
| Purveyors of Milk in Closed Receptacles 356 | Included under Provision Shops etc.) | |
| Cowhouses 3 | 36 | |
| London County Council (General | Ice Cream Premises 301 | 444 |
| Powers) Act, 1932 | Preserved Food Premises:— | |
| Butchers' Shops, etc. 124 | 303 | |
| Provision Shops 31 | 65 | |
| Fish Curers 36 | 50 | |
| Others 8 | 8 | |
| 2,331 | 7,196 |
In addition, there are a large number of itinerant vendors who
hawk food around the streets. The stores of all street traders in
food were inspected before a licence was granted or renewed.
Two hundred and fifty-eight 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."
The samples taken during the year are described in the following
table, the results of analyses being also shown:—