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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Kensington and Chelsea 1966
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington & Chelsea Borough]
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The total number of registered premises which have received general inspections since 1st August, 1964:-
| Retail shops | 1,008 ( " 64% " ) | ||||
| Warehouses/Wholesale shops | 34 ( " 42% " " " ) | ||||
| Catering establishments | 165 ( " 33% " " " ) | ||||
| Fuel depots | 1 ( " 100% " " " ) | ||||
| Contraventions found during general inspections | Offices | Retail Shops | Wholesale Shops Warehouses | Catering Estabs. | Total |
| Section 4 (Cleanliness) | |||||
| Walls not maintained in a clean condition | 1 | 2 | - | - | 3 |
| Ceilings not maintained in a clean condition | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Walls and ceilings not maintained in a clean condition | 3 | 22 | 1 | 6 | 32 |
| Stairs not maintained in a clean condition | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Floors not maintained in a clean condition | - | 3 | - | - | 3 |
| Fittings not maintained in a clean condition | - | 2 | - | - | 2 |
| Absence of an adequate impervious surface to slicing machine table | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| 4 | 32 | 1 | 6 | 43 | |
| Section 5 (Overcrowding) | |||||
| Number of rooms overcrowded | 4 | - | - | - | 4 |
| Section 6 (Temperature) | • | ||||
| No effective provision for securing and maintaining a reasonable temperature | mm | 8 | - | 3 | 11 |
| No thermometer to check room temperature | 49 | 142 | 3 | 13 | 207 |
| A thermometer not provided on each floor | 12 | - | - | - | 12 |
| 61 | 150 | 3 | 16 | 230 | |
| Section 2. (Ventilation) | |||||
| No effective or suitable provision for securing or maintaining a circulation of adequate supplies of fresh or artificially-purified air | 1 | 6 | - | - | 7 |