Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green Borough]
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(iii) Failing to keep clean the floor, drainage channels and
gratings of a food room.
(iv) Failing to keep the ceiling of a food room clean and in
such good order, repair and condition as to enable it to
be effectively cleaned.
Total fines £55. Costs £3.3s.0d.
2). (i) Failing to keep in efficient order a sanitary convenience.
(ii) Failing to provide lighting and ventilation to the
compartment containing a sanitary convenience.
(iii) Failing to provide and maintain a wash-hand basin.
(iv) Failing to provide and maintain an adequate supply of
hot water.
(v) Failing to ensure that works affecting the structure of a
food room were completed so as to enable it to be effectively
cleaned and prevent risk of infestation by rats, mice and
insects.
Total fines £50. Costs £3.0s.0d.
3). (i) Failing to refrain from the use of tobacco while handling
open food in a food room.
(ii) Failing to affix and maintain a clearly legible notice
requesting users to wash their hands after using the
sanitary convenience.
(iii) Failing to provide and maintain a supply of soap, a nail
brush and clean towel.
(iv) Failing to keep the floor of a food room in such good order,
repair and condition as to enable it to be effectively
cleaned.
(v) Allowing refuse and filth to accumulate in a food room
Total fines £40. Costs £3.3s.0d.
4). (i) Failing to keep clean the food preparation table.
(ii) Failing to maintain the food preparation table in such
good order, repair and condition as to enable it to be
thoroughly cleaned.
(iii) Failing to affix and maintain a clearly legible notice
requesting users to wash their hands after using the
sanitary convenience.
(iv) Failing to provide and maintain a wash-hand basin.
(v) Failing to keep clean the sink used in a food room.
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