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article as aforesaid no sleeping place shall adjoin such room
shop or other part of a building and communicate therewith
except through the open air or through an intervening ventilated
space.
(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.
These provisions place much-needed powers in the hands of London
Sanitary Authorities to regulate the sanitation of places where food is
stored. A systematic inspection of these places has been carried out by
Inspector Hudson, and, in a considerable number of cases, conditions
were found that were in contravention of the Act. During the year
19 premises were altered to comply with the Act, and many other
premises are being so altered at the time of writing. The trades carried
on at the premises altered in 1909 were as follows:—
Butchers 2
Slaughterhouses 4
Restaurants 3
Grocers 3
Greengrocers 3
Fishmongers 2
Poulterers 1
Ice cream makers 1
Inspection of Premises where Food is Prepared or Stored (other
than Bakehouses, Milk Shops, Eating Houses and Slaughterhouses).