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Leyton 1956

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]

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(ii) Food and Drugs Acts/Food Hygiene Regulations/Shops Act.

Nature of contraventions remedied and improvements effected to food establishments, business/industrial premises as a result of statutory and informal action.

Rooms adjoining sanitary convenience/sleeping place2
Drain outlet/inlet within room1
Wall/doors/windows not kept clean or repaired385
Ceiling not kept clean or repaired295
Floor not kept clean or repaired142
No ventilation35
No lighting11
No receptacles for refuse39
Accumulation of refuse in room10
Cleanliness of persons employed15
Cleanliness of apparatus and fittings116
Washing facilities inadequate, i.e.:
Wash-basins122
Hot water153
Soap/towels/nail-brush105
Food not protected from contamination53
Dirty wrapping paper1
First-aid equipment123
Wash-hand notice201
Artificial light in W.C.46
Urinal unsuitable4
No W.C., or inadequate8
No sink, or inadequate52
No clothing, etc., accommodation52
Provision for control of temperature of food1
Yard paving defective18
Sink waste-pipe defective6
Fireplace defective3
Name and address not displayed3
Roof defective6
General defects12

(iii) Factories Acts.

The undermentioned details were submitted to the Ministry of Health in accordance with the provisions of Part I of the above Act.

Nature of ContraventionNumber of factories in which defects were found
Found Remedied
Want of cleanliness42
Sanitary Conveniences (S.7) :
(a) Insufficient2
(b) Unsuitable or defective61
Other offences against the Act (not including offences relating to Outwork)117
TOTAL2310