Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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The total weights of food condemned or surrendered during the year were:—
Commodity. | Weight. | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Tons. | Cwts. | Qtrs. | Lbs: | |
Bacon and ham | — | 4 | 2 | 21 |
Bread, cakes and pastries | — | 12 | 2 | 10 |
Butter, lard and margarine | — | — | 2 | 8 |
Cereals | — | 14 | 3 | 20 |
Cheese | — | 3 | — | 12 |
Eggs and dried egg powder | — | — | 3 | 13 |
Fish | 3 | — | 1 | 19 |
Flour | — | 2 | 3 | 5 |
Fruit and vegetables | 18 | 19 | 2 | 1 |
Jam and marmalade | — | 10 | 1 | 2 |
Meat, poultry and game | 4 | 11 | 2 | 25 |
Milk (evaporated and condensed) | 2 | 11 | 2 | 13 |
Pickles and sauces | — | 17 | 1 | 11 |
Sugar | — | 17 | 1 | 8 |
Sweets | 1 | 6 | — | 15 |
Tea and coffee | — | — | — | 18 |
Miscellaneous | 2 | 15 | — | 23 |
Total weight | 37 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
Ice Cream and Preserved Food.—Samples of ice cream taken
in course of manufacture and during sale have been submitted for
bacterial examination and chemical analysis. The samples submitted
for bacteriological examination were reported upon as
follows:—
21 samples were up to Grade I standard.
14 ” ” ” II ”
11 ” ” ” III ”
18 ” ” ” IV ,,
Premises used for the manufacture, storage and sale of ice
cream or for the preparation or manufacture of sausages or potted,
pressed, pickled or preserved food are required to be registered
by Section 14 of the Food and Drugs Act, 1938. At the end of the
year the number of premises remaining on the Register was:—
Ice cream 281
Sausages, etc. 158
Pharmacy and Poisons.—The names and addresses of 158
persons remained on the Council's list of persons entitled to sell
poisons under Part II of the Pharmacy and Poisons Act, 1933,
and Pharmacy and Medicines Act, 1941. No action was necessary
in respect of any offence under the Act.