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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 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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is reported on page 99 of this Report. In addition to the 38
basement bakehouses remaining in use in the Borough, there are
40 bakehouses above ground level. Three hundred and one inspections
of bakehouses were made during the year, and 40 notices
were served requiring the cleansing of walls and ceilings.
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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Artificial Cream Act, 1929 | Artificial Cream Premises | 2 | 4 |
| Factories Act, 1937 | Bakehouses (above ground) | 40 | 301 |
| Do. (below ground) | 38 | ||
| Food and Drugs (Adulteration) Act, 1928 | Wholesale Margarine Dealers | 26 | 26 |
| Do. do. | Butter Factories | 1 | 8 |
| Hackney Borough Council By-laws, 1927 | Market Streets with Food Stalls | .. | 1,127 |
| London County Council By-laws, 1891 | Slaughter-houses—Cattle | 8 | 567 |
| Do. do. Poultry | 3 | 29 | |
| London County Council By-laws, 1914 | Fish Friers | 60 | 172 |
| Fish shops (wet) | 11 | 159 | |
| London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1908 | Coffee Shops, Restaurants, etc. | 208 | 209 |
| Do. do. | Food Street Traders' Stores | 226 | 641 |
| Do. do. | Greengrocers' | 155 | 429 |
| London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1908, and Public Health (Meat) Regulations, 1924 | Butchers' Shops (not regd.) | 33 | 278 |
| Do. do. | Do. Stalls „ | 38 | (See Market Streets) |
| Do. do. | Do. Stores „ | 38 | 278 |
| Do. do. | Provision Shops | 264 | 286 |
| Do. do. | Food Factories | 19 | 124 |
| Milk and Dairies Order, 1926 | Dairies and Milkshops | 118 | 1,564 |
| Purveyors of Milk in Closed Receptacles | 377 | (Included under provision Shops etc.) | |
| Cowhouses | 1 | 37 | |
| Public Health (London) Act, 1936 | Ice Cream Premises | 269 | 380 |
| Preserved Food Premises | |||
| Butchers' Shops, etc. | 123 | 630 | |
| Provision Shops | 24 | 315 | |
| Fish Curers | 26 | 100 | |
| Others | 6 | 12 | |
| 2,114 | 7,676 |
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 twenty-one notices were served for defects or
contraventions of the law relating to food premises.