[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton] page 27

Leyton 1956

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]

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Table: (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.

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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

Table: (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.

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(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
Nature of Contravention	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

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Leyton 1956

Table: (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.

Table: (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.