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Kensington 1962

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Borough.

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Date of HearingOffenceRegulationsResult
FinedCosts awarded to Council
14.12.62 (Cont'd)Dirty floor of main kitchen23(1)£ 5.0s.0d.
Dirty equipment in main kitchen Unsuitable and insufficient ventilation in basement food16(1)£10.0s.0d.
store room21£20.0s.0d.
„ „ „ „ „21£20.0s.0d.
Walls of basement back food room not kept in good repair to enable effective cleaning23(1)£15.0s.0d.
10 summonses in regard to dirty premises23Not separately dealt with.
Articles of food equipment not kept clean6(1)£10.0s.0d.
Shelves to service counter not kept clean23(1)£ 5.0s.0d.
Cups on shelves not kept clean6(1)£ 5.0s.0d.
Refuse in uncovered tins in food room24£ 5.0s.0d.

Inspection of Food Premises
Premises where food is prepared, stored or exposed for sale
for human consumption, are frequently inspected. The following is a
record of the inspections made by the public health inspectors engaged
on this work for 1962:-
Premises registered under -
No. of
Premises
No. of
Inspections
(1) Section 16, Food and Drugs Act, 1955-
(a) for the sale, or the manufacture for
the purpose of sale, of ice-cream or 382 64*
the storage of ice-cream intended for
sale
(b) for the preparation or manufacture of
sausages or potted, pressed, pickled 139 162
or preserved food intended for sale
(2) Milk & Dairies (General) Regulations., 1959
as dairies or where the occupier is
registered for the sale of milk in 202 242
sealed containers only
* Additional inspections of the premises (not primarily
in connection with the sale of ice-cream) are recorded
under different headings in the following table.