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Hampstead 1908

Report for the year 1908 of the Medical Officer of Health

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(e) Refuse or filth whether solid or liquid shall not be
deposited or allowed to accumulate in any such room
shop or other part of a building except so far as may be
reasonably necessary for the proper carrying on of trade
or business.
(f) Due cleanliness shall be observed in regard to such room
shop or other part of a building and all articles apparatus
and utensils therein and shall be observed by persons
engaged in such shop room or other part of a building.
(2) If any person occupies or lets or knowingly suffers to be
occupied any such room shop or other part of a building wherein
any of the conditions prohibited by this Section exist or does or
knowingly permits any act or thing therein in contravention of this
Section he shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not
exceeding for a first offence twenty shillings and for every
subsequent offence five pounds and in either case to a daily penalty
not exceeding twenty shillings.
Structural alterations are now being carried out in a number
of premises in order to make the premises comply with the Act,
and in my next Annual Report I shall be able to report fully on
the subject.
Inspection of Promises where Food is Prepared or
Stored (other than Bakehouses, Milk Shops, Eating Houses and
Slaughter Houses).

The premises inspected during the year, together with the nature of the business carried on, were as follows:—

Butchers and Pork Butchers61
Confectioners61
Grocers74
Provision and Cheesemongers46
Greengrocers and Fruiterers62
Fishmongers27
Fried Fish Shops10
General Shops22
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1,025 Inspections were made of these premises during the year
and 75 Notices were served.