Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnes]
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Sanitary Administration. 53
Such premises have included fishmongers, poulterers, greengrocers,
restaurants and eating-houses, and cooked-provision shops
(for list of unsound articles of food discovered, see below).
Bakehouses. There are 13 bakehouses in the District; four
of these are underground bakehouses. These premises have been
inspected, and, apart from some minor defects in four instances,
which have been remedied, were found by the Sanitary Inspector to
be in good condition.
There is also one large chocolate factory in the District; this
has been inspected by the Sanitary Inspector in the course of his
routine work, and conditions found satisfactory.
Unsound Food.
As a result of inspection, a number of articles of food in an
unsound condition were detected by the Sanitary Inspector, and
the following articles were surrendered voluntarily and destroyed:—
Meat (tuberculous) 1 carcase of heifer and offals.
Fish—Skate wings 6 stone.
„ Codling 6 stone.
„ Kippered Herrings 3 boxes.
Sale of Food and Drugs Act.
This Act is administered by the Surrey County Council; the
County Medical Officer has supplied me with the following table,
setting out the work undertaken in the District by the County
Inspectors.
Articles. | Analysed. | Adulterated or deteriorated | Prosecutions. | Convictions | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Formal. | Informal. | Total. | Formal. | Informal. | Total. | |||
Milk | 59 | — | 59 | 2 | — | 2 | 1 | — |
Spirits | 12 | — | 12 | 4 | — | 4 | 4 | 3 |
Totals | 71 | — | 71 | 6 | — | 6 | 5 | 3 |