London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1973
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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303 during the year 1972. By December 31st 1973, 1,112 properties had been
registered in Part I and 14 in Part 2 of the Registration Scheme. However
there still remains a large number of properties which have to be brought
within the Scheme, and steps are being taken to accelerate the progress of
registration. Besides augmentation of staff, legal proceedings are being
initiated for contravention of the Registration Scheme.
FOOD AND DRUGS
The control of food supplies by inspection and sampling, and food
hygiene work generally forms an appreciable proportion of the Environmental
Health Section's duties.
FOOD COMPLAINTS
Following investigation into complaints that articles of food purchased
by members of the public were unwholesome, legal proceedings were instituted
in 22 instances resulting in the vendors being fined a total of £190 with £71
costs. The offences included foreign bodies in bread, cake, and cereals, dirty
milk bottles, glass in bottles, Insects in meat pies and sweets, and hair in
sausages.
FOOD TRADES
Details of food trades carried out in 2,263 premises situated in the Borough are set out below:-
| Aerated Water Manufacturers | 1 | Greengrocery | 146 |
| Bakehouses, (basement) | 4 | Grocery and Provisions | 398 |
| Bakers Shops & Bakehouses | 82 | Ice cream-manufacture & Sales | 595 |
| Beer Bottlers | 1 | Milk Distributors | 228 |
| Butchers | 172 | Public Houses and Off Licenses | 370 |
| Confectionery (sweet shops) | 487 | Preserved Food Premises | 231 |
| Fish, wet, fried & curing | 91 | Restaurants & Cafes | 286 |
| Food Importers | 9 | Wholesale Food Storage | 17 |
| Total:3,118 | |||
Section 16 of the Pood and Drugs Act requires the registration or
premises upon which ice cream is manufactured, stored or sold by retail and
also premises upon which preparation or manufacture of sausages or potted,
pressed, pickled or preserved food intended for sale is carried on. The
preparation if food includes the cooking of fish and chips and also Chinese
food prepared for consumption off the premises.
Two applications for the registration of premises for the preparation
or manufacture of preserved food were granted as was an application for
registration of premises for the sale of Ice Cream.