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(c) No barrow or stall from which food is sold should be allowed to bestationed
at, over, or adjoining any opening into any sewer or drain.
(d) No food intended to be sold from a barrow or stall should be deposited,
stored, or prepared in any place used as a sleeping place, or any
place where food is liable to become infected, or contaminated, or
polluted.
(e) Refuse or filth, whether solid or liquid, should not be deposited or
accumulated at or adjoining any barrow or stall from which food is
sold, except so far as may be reasonably necessary for the proper
carrying on of the trade or business, and any such deposit or
accumulation should be placed in a proper receptacle.
(f) Due cleanliness should be observed in regard to any barrow or stall,
and all articles, apparatus, and utensils thereat, and should bo
observed by all persons engaged in or about such barrows and stalls.
Licensed Premises.—Under the London County Council (General Powers)
Act, 1908, Section 8, there are sanitary regulations for premises where food is
sold or exposed for sale, or deposited for the purpose of sale, or of preparation
for sale for human consumption. (See above.)
Under the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, the sanitary conditions of
workplaces are subject to supervision, these sanitary conditions including (a)
cleanliness, (b) air space, (c) ventilation, and (d) drainage of floors. A circular
letter of the Home Office (3rd issue), December, 1904, states that kitchens of
restaurants, etc., though they are not workshops, come within the meaning of
the term workplaces.
For the purpose of enabling your Council to consider the question of the
inspection of hotels, restaurants, beer-houses, and public houses, the Sanitary
Inspectors made inquiries in each of the sub-divisions of the wards and
divisions of the Borough as to the preparation and service of food on each of
the licensed premises, with the result shown in the accompanying table.
(See below).
From the table it will be seen that there is a total of 318 licensed premises,
of which 4 are hotels, 4 restaurants, 7 refreshment houses, 43 beer-houses,
and 260 public-houses or licensed victuallers. In the 4 hotels and the 4
restaurants, and 5 of the 7 refreshment houses, lunches, dinners, teas or suppers
are served; and in the other two only food which is prepared off the premises
is served. Of the 43 beer-houses, in 14 lunches, dinners, teas, suppers and
snacks are served, and in the remaining 29 food prepared off the premises is
sold. Of the 260 public-houses, in 129 lunches, dinners, teas, suppers and
snacks are served, and in 131 food prepared off the premises is sold.
There is nothing in the regulations or sanitary requirements of an onerous
nature, but a licensed victualler, as host, is required to provide proper accommodation
for his guests, and Licensing Magistrates usually require evidence
that proper and sufficient sanitary accommodation is provided on licensed
victuallers' premises.
On the 23rd February, 1910, your Council resolved that each of the 318
licensed premises in the Borough be inspected and reported upon as to
whether they comply with the provisions of Section 8 of the London County
Council (General Powers) Act, 1908