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Survey of Food Premises.
In the early part of the year a survey was commenced of all
food premises within the Borough and by the end of December
surveys had been completed and reports submitted to the Health
Committee and Council in respect of:—
114 Restaurants, Cafes and Dining Rooms.
78 Ice Cream premises.
23 Butchers' premises.
18 Dairies and milkshops.
7 Fish Frying premises.
10 Wet Fishmongers' premises.
In conducting the survey particular attention was paid to the
following points:—
Provision of sanitary accommodation for both staff and general
public.
General layout and positioning of kitchens, etc.
Condition of the structural part of the premises.
Cleanliness in respect of Food preparing rooms, utensils, and
methods of handling by staffs.
Provision of hot water supply and washing facilities.
Methods employed in the washing of crockery, etc.
General standard of compliance with the Food and Drugs Act.
It was felt that to report properly on these premises it was
neccessary for a standard of clarification to be adopted and this was
eventually fixed to three Catergories.
Category A. Premises which complied in all respects with the
Food and Drugs Act standards.
Category B. Premises falling short of the Food and Drugs Act
but requiring only minor repairs, etc., to bring
them up to standard.
Category C. Premises far below the standard and requiring major
work or alteration to bring them up to the
requirements,