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Hackney 1962
[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 49, 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 11 cases the complaints could not
be substantiated and no legal action was taken; warning letters were sent to
vendors in 32 cases and legal proceedings were taken in 8 cases - all under
Section 2 of the Food and Drugs Act 1955: two of these prosecutions related to
complaints received in the previous year.
Departmental records contain details of the 2 240 premises in the borough where the following food trades were carried on:-
| Aerated water manufacture | 1 |
| Bakehouses (Registered) | 1 |
| Bakehouses | 31 |
| Bakehouses (Basement) | 8 |
| Bakers' Shops (Sales only) | 35 |
| Bakers sundries manufacture | 1 |
| Beer bottlers | 2 |
| Beer & Wines "Off" sales at Grocers' shops | 13 |
| Butchers (Registered) | 90 |
| Butchers | 41 |
| Cake decoration manufacture | 1 |
| Canned Soup manufacture | 1 |
| Cheese manufacture | 1 |
| Confectionery (sweet shops) | 369 |
| Concentrated food manufacture | 1 |
| Fish curing | 16 |
| Fish (wet) | 28 |
| Fish (fried) | 17 |
| Food vending machines | 3 |
| Food Importers | 1 |
| Fruit Drink manufacture | 1 |
| Greengrocery | 118 |
| Grocery and Provisions | 326 |
| Grocery and Provisions (Registered) | 24 |
| Ice cream - manufacture and sale | 454 |
| Jam manufacture | 1 |
| Jellied Eels & Pie manufacture and sale | 5 |
| Milk distributor | 219 |
| Non Brewed Condiment & Vinegar manufacture | 1 |
| Onion Peeling | 5 |
| Public Houses & Off Licences | 218 |
| Pickle manufacture | 2 |
| Restaurants and Cafes | 197 |
| Sugar Grinding | 1 |
| Sweet manufacture | 4 |
| Wholesale Food Storage | 2 |
| Wine Bottler | 1 |
| 2,240 |
STREET TRADING IN FOOD 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, 1947 All new applications for licences