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Hackney 1961
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD
AND FOOD PREMISES
FOOD AND DRUGS ACT, 1955
Food Complaints from residents who felt that they had been sold food which was
unfit for human consumption totalled 48. A full investigation was made of all
these complaints and the vendors of the food in question were informed and
invited to submit written explanations. In 17 cases the complaints could not
be substantiated and no action was taken; warning letters were sent to vendors
in 26 cases, and legal proceedings were taken in five cases - three under
Section 2 and two under the Milk and Dairies (General) Regulations, 1959.,
Departmental records contain details of the 2, 264 premises in the borough where the following food trades were carried on:-
| Aerated water manufacture | 1 |
| Bakehouses | 33 |
| Bakehouses (Basement) | 8 |
| Bakers' shops (Sales only) | 36 |
| Bakers (Sundries manufacture) | 1 |
| Beer Bottlers | 2 |
| Beer and Wines "Off" sales at grocers' shops | 13 |
| Butchers | 133 |
| Cake decoration manufacture | 1 |
| Canned soup manufacture | 1 |
| Cheese manufacture | 1 |
| Confectionery (Sweetshops) | 376 |
| Concentrated food manufacture | 1 |
| Fish curing | 18 |
| Fish (Wet) | 27 |
| Fish (Fried) | 17 |
| Pood Importers | 1 |
| Pood Vending Machines | 3 |
| Fruit Drink manufacture | 2 |
| Greengrocery | 123 |
| Grocery and Provisions | 355 |
| Ice-Cream manufacture | 11 |
| Ice*Cream - retail sales | 434 |
| Jam manufacture | 1 |
| Jellied eels and pies - manufacture and sale | 5 |
| Milk distributor | 221 |
| Non-brewed condiment and vinegar manufacture | 1 |
| Public houses | 165 |
| Off licences | 55 |
| Onion peeling | 5 |
| Pickle manufacture | 2 |
| Restaurants and cafes | 203 |
| Sugar grinding | 1 |
| Sweet manufacture | 4 |
| Wholesale food storage | 1 |
| Wholesale sweet storage | 1 |
| Wine bottler | 1 |
| 2,264 |
STREET TRADING IN POOD. The majority of street traders operate from approved
pitches and are licensed by the Borough Council under Section 21 of the London
County Council (General Powers) Act, 19U7All new applications for licences