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
Hackney 1936
[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 | Coffee Shops, Restaurants, etc. | 206 | 248 |
| Do. do. | Food Street Traders' Stores | 287 | 825 |
| Do. do. | Greengrocers' | 148 | 167 |
| London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1908, and Public Health (Meat) Regulations, 1924 | Butchers' Shops (not regd.) | 25 | 396 |
| Do. do. | Do. Stalls ,, | 38 | See Market Streets) |
| Do. do. | Do. Stores ,, | 38 | 344 |
| Do. do. | Provision Shops | 257 | 475 |
| Do. do. | Food Factories | 17 | 227 |
| Milk and Dairies Order, 1926 | Dairies and Milkshops | 127 | 1,051 |
| Public Health (London) Act, 1936 | Purveyors of Milk in Closed Receptacles | 376 | Included under Provision Shops etc.) |
| Cowhouses | 3 | 67 | |
| Ice Cream Premises | 313 | 537 | |
| Preserved Food Premises:— Butchers' Shops, etc. | 129 | 476 | |
| Provision Shops | 29 | 42 | |
| Fish Curers | 33 | 50 | |
| Others | 6 | 6 | |
| 2,241 | 7,146 | ||
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.
Three hundred and 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."
The samples taken during the year are described in the following
table, the results of analyses being also shown:—