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Leyton 1951

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]

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No person other than a person keeping open shop for the
sale of food shall either by himself, or by any person employed
by him, sell, offer or expose for sale any food from any cart,
barrow or other vehicle or from any basket, pail, tray or other
receptacle unless he is registered with the Corporation.
No premises shall be used as storage accommodation for
any food intended for sale from a cart, barrow or other vehicle
or from a basket, pail, tray or other receptacle unless the
premises are registered as aforesaid.
The Corporation shall on registering any premises issue
to the person making the application a certificate of registration
which shall be kept affixed in a conspicuous place in the
premises.
The Corporation may refuse to register any person or
premises under this section or (after giving one month's notice
to the person registered or in whose name the premises are
registered) may revoke the registration of any person or premises
under this section if they are satisfied—
(a) as regards a person that the public health is or
is likely to be endangered by any act or default of his
in relation to the quality, storage or distribution of food, or
(b) as regards premises that the premises are not suitable
to be used for the purposes aforesaid.
The Corporation shall keep a register of the persons and
premises registered under the provisions of this section.
The provisions of this section shall not apply to any
premises registered under Section 14 of the Food and Drugs
Act, 1938, or to any dairy or dairyman registered under Part II
of that Act or under any regulations made thereunder.
During the year applications were received for the registration
of 44 persons and 26 premises.
Registration of Vendors of Shell-fish.
Section 63 of the Leyton Corporation Act, 1950, which came
into operation on 1st January, 1951, contains the following provisions:—
No person shall by himself, or by any person employed
by him, sell or offer or expose for sale shell-fish in any premises
unless such person and such premises are registered for that
purpose by the Corporation.
The Corporation shall keep a register of the persons and
premises registered under the provisions of this section.