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 Westminster, City of]
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Dirty and dilapidated internally | 74 |
Defective internally | 26 |
„ externally | 13 |
,, drainage | 45 |
„ area paving, &c. | 2 |
„ floors | 31 |
Preparation tables and equipment worn and insanitary | 6 |
Food storage accommodation inadequate and unsuitable | 12 |
Vegetable preparation and washing up facilities— | |
Worn and insanitary | 19 |
Insufficient | 15 |
Ventilation insufficient | 39 |
Staff washing facilities, insufficient and unsuitable | 7 |
Staff, changing rooms insufficient and unsuitable | 9 |
Fuel, rubbish and other extraneous materials in food preparation rooms | 36 |
Accommodation unsuitable (re-designing and re-siting of equipment necessary), &c. | 5 |
Vermin— | |
Cockroaches | 21 |
Rats/Mice | 12 |
Water closets— | |
Insufficient | 16 |
Insufficient ventilation and 1 ight | 8 |
Defective | 12 |
Dirty and dilapidated | 13 |
Direct approach | 4 |
Not separate for sexes | 4 |
Unsuitable | 8 |