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CATERING ESTABLISHMENTS
To the Public Health Committee at its meeting on the 5th July, 1949, there
was presented a report in detail of action taken under Sections 39 and 89 of
the Public Health Act, 1936 and Section 13 of the Food and Drugs Act, 1938.
Points noteworthy from this report are:—
(1) In the main shopping centre (Broadway) response to informal action
was prompt to improve washing facilities and closet
accommodation.
(2) Two premises discontinued trade.
(3) Five premises complied completely with formal notices under the
statutes quoted.
(It is satisfactory to record that licence and supply difficulties
were resolved by liaison between the Ministry of Works and the
Public Health Department.)
(4) Sewer connections of three 25-year-old wooden structures were still
proving difficult because of:—
(i) Depth of main sewer under trunk highway.
(ii) Restricted space at rear of the premises.
(5) A gratifying response from licensed premises in better planned
compliance with Section 89 of the Public Health Act, 1936.
Publicity took the form of direct consultative relations with the Chamber
of Trade on general problems and direct supervision at the work benches of
local food factories where products are sampled weekly for examination by the
Public Health Laboratory Service.
The improvements asked for were based on the original byelaws adopted
by the Council under Section 15 of the Food and Drugs Act, 1938.
RODENT CONTROL
Local policy may be recorded as follows:—
(1) No "agreements" exist between the Council and local business
premises. From the date when this work became the responsibility of
the Council, it has been considered inadvisable that local food factories
should, so to say, contract out of their legal obligation to keep these
premises free from rodent infestation or invasion.
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