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Shops Act, 1950
Section 38 of this Act deals with provisions for the health
and comfort of the staff.
Shops must have proper ventilation, be adequately warmed, be
sufficiently lighted and must have toilet and washing facilities.
If the staff take meals on the premises proper arrangements
must be made for them.
It is sometimes impossible for the occupier to provide a
separate toilet on the premises, but provided alternative arrangements
are made to use a nearby toilet, a certificate of exemption
can be granted from the requirements of the Act.
There are 21 exemption certificates at present in force.
Schools
The table on page 30 gives details of the work carried out
under the Pood Hygiene Regulations, 1955 and provision has been
made in the 1959/60 estimates for further improvements to be
carried out.
The general standard of the canteens remains good.
It was not necessary to close any schools on account of
infectious disease amongst the children.
Slaughterhouses Act, 1958.
This Act received Royal Assent on 1st August, 1958 and came
into immediate operation. The Act amends the Slaughter of Animals
Acts 1933 and 1954, certain provisions of the Food and Drugs Act,
1955 and Section 151 (1) of the Factories Act, 1937.
The arrangements for licensing slaughterhouses are substantially
amended, but there are no slaughterhouses in the borough,
and after obtaining the views of its local members, the Committee
of the London Retail Meat Traders Association (Division 9) decided
that Slaughterhouse facilities are not needed in Twickenham.
Complaints.
During 1958 the number of complaints received by the department
was 1276.
Food and Drugs Act, 1955
Food Hygiene Regulations, 1955
During the year 2,317 visits were made to food premises under
these regulations and at 151 premises contraventions were found.
As a result of action taken, 212 contraventions were remedied, and
the table on page 30 gives details of this work.
Eleven complaints were received about unsound food bought
from retailers in the borough, details of which are given below:-
1. Bottle top in bottle of milk
2. Foreign body in milk
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