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Drainage not maintained properly 15
Yard surfaces requiring repaying or repairs 16
Refuse receptacles dilapidated or insufficient 30
Food inadequately protected against contamination 17
Accumulations of rubbish requiring removal 15
Interior of cupboards, shelves etc. dirty 15
Fixtures or fittings not kept clean 26
Floors dirty 15
Appropriate action was taken to bring these contraventions to the notice of the proprietors and to
have them remedied. No legal proceedings had to be instituted during the year, although in a few cases
where matters were still outstanding at the end of the year this was under consideration.
It was noted that at 76 of the premises no sanitary accommodation was provided for the use of
customers. Under the Public Health Acts 1936—1961 the local authority is given power to, by notice,
require the owner or occupier of any building in which food or drink is sold to andconsumedby the public,
to provide and maintain in a suitable position a reasonable number of sanitary conveniences for the use of
persons frequenting the premises.
In many of these premises, however, owing to restricted accommodation it would be physically
impossible for toilets to be installed. In the larger establishments proprietors are being requested to provide
facilities where they are missing and in all newly established businesses the matter is taken up with the
architects, shop fitters etc., before the premises come into use. As the provision of adequate cloakrooms
with waterclosets. urinals where appropriate, and washing facilities, separate for the sexes, frequently means
sacrificing restaurant seating accommodation, the installation of these amenities is not always looked upon
with favour, but with the apparently growing habit of dining out, when meals are taken unhurriedly, adequate
toilet accommodation in restaurants in particular, should now be regarded as essential.
LICENSING ACT, 1961
REGISTRATION OF CLUBS.
Twenty-seven clubs were inspected during the year in connection with applications made to the
Magistrates' Court for the renewal of registration certificates entitling the proprietors to sell intoxicating
liquors at the premises.
Conditions at nineteen of the premises were found to be satisfactory. At the other only eight minor
matters were found to require attention all of the clubs having been thoroughly inspected and brought up
to a proper standard after the coming into operation of the Act in March 1962.
FOOD AND DRUGS SAMPLING
Mr John O'Keefe, O.B.E. Chief Officer Public Control Department, Middlesex County Council,
has informed me that he is at present unable to supply details of the work carried out by his Department in
the Borough of Hendon for the year ending 31st December, 1963, owing to pressure of administrative work
in connection with the Weights and Measures Act, 1963 and the transfer of functions under the London
Government Act, 1963. A full report of the work of the department will, however, appear later in the
year in his annual report to the Middlesex County Council.
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