[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden] page 29

Willesden 1953

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]

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Table: The Willesden Clean Food Guild, formed in May, 1948, extended its work of improving food hygiene standards. Certificates are held by 355 food traders, about 31 per cent, of those eligible. 328 qualify, but have not applied for a certificate. The campaign for clean food would be materially furthered if all those entitled to display a certificate co-operated with their colleagues in the Guild.

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The Willesden Clean Food Guild, formed in May, 1948, extended its work of improving food hygiene standards. Certificates are held by 355 food traders, about 31 per cent, of those eligible. 328 qualify, but have not applied for a certificate. The campaign for clean food would be materially furthered if all those entitled to display a certificate co-operated with their colleagues in the Guild.

	1949	1950	1951	1952	1953	Totals
Applications received	263	135	8	16	26	448
Premises registered and certificates issued	195	107	19	10	24	355
Applications deferred or refused	68	28	3	7	2	108
Previously refused, now issued with certificates	-	-	14	1	-	15

Table: The Willesden Clean Food Guild, formed in May, 1948, extended its work of improving food hygiene standards. Certificates are held by 355 food traders, about 31 per cent, of those eligible. 328 qualify, but have not applied for a certificate. The campaign for clean food would be materially furthered if all those entitled to display a certificate co-operated with their colleagues in the Guild.

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Trade	No. in Borough	Applications received	Certificates issued	Deferred or refused
Baker	38	13	4	9
Bread and confectionery	38	7	5	2
Butcher	115	50	43	7
Cafe or restaurant	151	75	50	25
Dairy	10	5	5	-
Fishmonger or fish-fryer	60	18	11	7
Greengrocer and fruiterer	125	16	14	2
Grocer and general store	315	170	143	27
Ice cream and sweets	180	53	41	12
Works canteen	111	33	31	2
Food factory	13	8	8	—
Totals	1,156	448	355	93

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"Wash your hands" and "Exclusion of- dogs from food shops" notices continue to be issued free to
food traders by the Guild and the Borough Council.
Improvements in Premises
During the year the contraventions of the Food and Drugs Act, 1938, and Food Handling Byelaws,
discovered in the major surveys of 1950 and 1951 have been remidied with the exception of the provision of
constant hot water supplies in some cases. One trader who failed to provide adequate means for heating
water was summoned and fined £1 with one guinea costs. In 1953, an additional 65 traders were encouraged
to provide constant hot water but 44 premises still have an unsatisfactory supply. In all other cases traders
complied with requests or notices, and legal action was not necessary.
Premises unsatisfactory on 31.12.42 84
Unsatisfactory during the year 301
Premises made satisfactory during the year 313
Unsatisfactory on 31.12.53 72
Inspections 2,486
Re-visits 1,086
Total 3,572

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Defects	Outstanding at 31.12.52	During the year	Total	Remedied during year	Outstanding at 31.12.53
Inadequate lighting and ventilation	5	12	17	13	4
Constant hot water not provided	55	54	109	65	44
Inadequate refuse storage	6	55	61	56	5
Insufficient sanitary accommodation	9	18	27	22	5
Inadequate storage	1	30	31	28	3
Defective walls and ceilings	8	77	85	80	5
Dirty walls and ceilings	18	145	163	150	13
Dirty hand towels	1	38	39	39	-
Generally bad conditions	7	9	16	16	-
Any other defects	42	144	186	164	22
Totals	152	582	734	633	101

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