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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 1964
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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PHARMACY AND MEDICINES ACT,. 1941. The provisions of this Act which a local
authority has power to enforce, relate to the prohibition of the publication
of advertisements concerning certain diseases, to the prohibition of the
publication of any advertisement relating to abortion and to the disclosure of
certain information as to the composition of medicines.
The following is a summary of the work carried out under the Food and
Drugs Act, 1955
Inspections
Registered Food Premises 987
Other Food Premises 1,221
Stalls 322
Markets 279
Food 1,286
Dairies and Milk Distributors' Premises 321
Investigations
Food Complaints 75
Food Poisoning cases 24
Sampling
Samples - formal 327
Samples - informal 202
Graded Milks 364
Untreated Milk 4
Ice cream (for bacteriological examination) 81
Notices served
All types of Food Premises 57