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Suitable wash basins, soap, clean towels and clean hot and cold water
provided for use of employees 21
Suitable provision made for the storage of foodstuffs 8
Suitable provision made for the cleansing of vegetables 6
Vermin (cockroaches) eradicated 2
Suitable provision made for the cleansing of utensils 7
Staff changing rooms provided 1
Accumulation of utensils removed 2
Machinery re-sited 1
Suitable provision made for the preparation of snacks 2
Defective manure storage pits repaired 1
Public Health (London) Act, 1936.
Notices.
28 notices were served during the year under the above Act in respect of nuisances
found to exist at food premises in the Borough. As a result of notices the following
nuisances in food premises were abated during the year:—
Water closets.
Cleansed 8
Repaired, new pans, etc. 3
Ventilation improved 2
Artificial lighting provided 1
Position or construction improved 2
Urinals, repaired or cleansed 1
Rainwater pipes.
Repaired or renewed 1
Sinks.
Waste pipes repaired, sinks renewed 28
Other nuisances.
Dilapidations repaired or made good 2
Accumulations of refuse removed 4
Other defects 3
Milk Legislation.
During 1949 the following Acts, Order and Regulations became operative: —
The Food and Drugs {Milk and Dairies) Act, 1944 (Appointed Day) Order, 1949.
This Order provided that the Food and Drugs (Milk and Dairies) Act, 1944, came
into operation on the 1st October, 1949.
The Food and Drugs (Milk and Dairies) Act, 1944.
This Act, as amended by the Transfer of Functions (Food and Drugs) Order, 1948,
provides for the making of Milk and Dairies Regulations jointly by the Ministers of
Health, Food, and Agriculture and Fisheries and requires such Regulations to provide for
the transference of powers of registration of dairy farms and dairy farmers to the Ministry of
Agriculture and Fisheries. The Act also provides for the power of making Milk (Special
Designations) Regulations to be exercised jointly by the Ministers of Health, and Agriculture
and Fisheries, and requires such Regulations to contain provision for the authority
to be transferred to the Minister of Agriculture atnd Fisheries for the granting of licences
to producers authorising the use of special designations in connection with raw milk.