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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 1958
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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the application of food legislation in connection with stalls selling foodstuffs.
All such stalls are frequently visited, and the storage accommodation
is also inspected at regular intervals.
The position in regard to licensed street traders engaged in the sale of food commodities at 31st December, 1958,
is as follows:-
The position in regard to licensed street traders engaged in the sale of food commodities at 31st December, 1958, is as follows:-
| Foodstuffs sold | Place of Trading | Total number of stalls | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ridley Road | Chatsworth Road | Well Street | Kings I and Road | Broadway | Garnham Street | Lauriston Road | Bradbury Street | Other sites | ||
| Fruit and Vegetables | 54 | 31 | 16 | 6 | 19 | 2 | - | 2 | 6 | 136 |
| Fish (Wet, dry and shell) | 11 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 27 |
| Fish and Poultry | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| Meat and Poultry | 7 | 3 | 3 | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | 17 |
| Grocery and Provisions | 4 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 18 |
| Sweets and Ice-cream | 1 | 3 | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | 2 | 9 |
| Soft Drinks | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Cakes and Biscuits | 1 | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 4 |
| Refreshments (coffee stalls) | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 4 |
| Apple Fritters | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Eggs | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 4 |
| Totals | 80 | 53 | 26 | 12 | 32 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 223 |
SECTION 2 (General protection for purchasers of food and drugs). This
section provides that a person selling to the prejudice of the purchaser any
food or drug which is not of the nature, or not of the substance, or not of the
cases legal proceedings were taken under this section with the results indicated.
Fines Costs
£ s, d, £ s. d.
Selling a bottle of milk not of the nature or substance demanded in that it contained a pipe cleaner. Withdrawn without costs. Insufficient evidence. -
Selling a packet of figs not of the substance demanded in that they contained fly larvae. Absolute discharge granted on payment of costs. 3 0 0
Selling a bread roll not of the quality demanded in that it contained a cigarette end. 5 0 0 5 5 0
Selling a bottle of mineral water not of the quality demanded in that it contained extraneous matter. 5 0 0 3 3 0
Selling a loaf of bread not of the quality demanded in that it contained a partially smoked cigarette. 5 0 0 2 2 0
Selling a bottle of milk not of the nature, substance or quality demanded in that it contai8ned tobacco shreds. Withdrawn without costs. Insufficient evidence that milk contained tobacco shreds at time3 of delivery. -