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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
Fulham 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Fulham]
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PREMISES USED FOR THE PREPARATION OF FOOD.
On and after October, 1936, the powers formerly exercised under the London County
Council (General Powers) Act of 1932, with regard to the registration of premises used for the
manufacture, storage or sale of ice cream and for the preparation of certain specified articles of
food, have been exercised under Section 187 of the Public Health (London) Act, 1936.
At the end of 1936 there were 118 premises on the Register relating to the preparation of
preserved foods and 227 premises on the Register relating to the manufacture or sale of ice
cream under the following headings:
Premises registered for manufacture, storage and sale of ice cream 93
Premises registered for storage and sale of ice cream 120
Premises registered for the manufacture and storage of ice cream 10
Premises registered only for the manufacture of ice cream 4
227
| The undermentioned articles of food examined at the request of the owners were condemns destroyed during the year: — | |||
| Tomatoes | 180 lbs. | Potatoes | 10 cwt. |
| Chilled beef | 159 lbs. | Bacon | 61 lbs. |
| Nougat | 5 bars. | Smoked fillets | 7 lbs. |
| Tinned herrings | 194 tins. | Cod | 1 |
| Winkles | 5 bags. | Onions | 34 bags. |
| Corned beef | 122 tins. | Shredded wheat | 4 pkts. |
| Tinned ham | 8 tins. | Crab dressing | 14 tins. |
| Cod fillets | 4 boxes. | Honey | 3 pots. |
| Skate | 105 lbs. | Evaporated milk | 17 tins. |
| Lemon curd | 1 pot. | "Cremo" oats | 5 pkts. |
| Tinned salmon | 8 tins. | Baked beans | 3 tins. |
| Tomato puree | 3 tins. | Cream | 2 tins. |
| Sardines | 2 tins. | Oranges | 2 |
| Tinned pilchards | 3 tins. | Wheatschop | 1 |
| Tinned bristling | 2 tins. | Peas | 2 tins. |
| Syrup | 2 tins. | Anchovy Paste | 2 jars. |
| Gelatine roll | 2 tins. | Tinned fruit | 38 tins. |
No food was seized as unfit for consumption.
PUBLIC HEALTH (IMPORTED FOOD) REGULATIONS, 1925.
One notification was received from the Port of London Sanitary Authority under these
Regulations relating to bags of damaged sugar. The sugar was inspected and seen in the process
of refining by one of the sanitary inspectors.