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 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 place | 2 |
Drain outlet/inlet within room | 1 |
Wall/doors/windows not kept clean or repaired | 385 |
Ceiling not kept clean or repaired | 295 |
Floor not kept clean or repaired | 142 |
No ventilation | 35 |
No lighting | 11 |
No receptacles for refuse | 39 |
Accumulation of refuse in room | 10 |
Cleanliness of persons employed | 15 |
Cleanliness of apparatus and fittings | 116 |
Washing facilities inadequate, i.e.: | |
Wash-basins | 122 |
Hot water | 153 |
Soap/towels/nail-brush | 105 |
Food not protected from contamination | 53 |
Dirty wrapping paper | 1 |
First-aid equipment | 123 |
Wash-hand notice | 201 |
Artificial light in W.C. | 46 |
Urinal unsuitable | 4 |
No W.C., or inadequate | 8 |
No sink, or inadequate | 52 |
No clothing, etc., accommodation | 52 |
Provision for control of temperature of food | 1 |
Yard paving defective | 18 |
Sink waste-pipe defective | 6 |
Fireplace defective | 3 |
Name and address not displayed | 3 |
Roof defective | 6 |
General defects | 12 |
(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 Contravention | Number of factories in which defects were found | |
---|---|---|
Found Remedied | ||
Want of cleanliness | 4 | 2 |
Sanitary Conveniences (S.7) : | ||
(a) Insufficient | 2 | — |
(b) Unsuitable or defective | 6 | 1 |
Other offences against the Act (not including offences relating to Outwork) | 11 | 7 |
TOTAL | 23 | 10 |