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Applications for Certificates of Disrepair
Number of applications for certificates 10
Number of decisions not to issue certificates
Number of decision to issue certificates
(a) in respect of some but not all defects 5
(b) in respect of all defects 5
Number of undertakings given by landlords under
paragraph 5 of the First Schedule 5
Number of undertakings refused by Local Authority
under proviso to paragraph 5 of the First Schedule
Number of Certificates issued 5
Applications for Cancellation of Certificates
Applications by landlords to Local Authority for
cancellation of certificates 3
Objections by tenants to cancellation of
certificates
Certificates cancelled by Local Authority 3
FOOD CONTROL
Supervision of all food premises in the Borough is exercised by the Public Health
Inspectors, in order to ensure that the equipment and premises are properly maintained
and that hygienic handling of food stuffs is observed. Most businesses engaged in
the handling of food stuffs are well aware of the need for constant vigilance and in
the majority of cases visits by the Public Health Inspectors are appreciated even though
criticism may be the result of a visit.
The need for constant reiteration of even elementary principles is unfortunately
still apparent in a very small minority of cases. There have been instances of small
Cafes being opened without proper facilities, without prior notification to the
Department, only to close once more when pressure has been applied to enforce the Food
Hygiene Regulations.
Most people who intend to open a food business are sufficiently prudent to consult
the Department before acting. Advice and criticism, constructive if possible, are
given, and the staff find this work rewarding in that their counsel is valued by
the public who consult them, and they are saved the task of having to require
alterations to a newly opened establishment on which a considerable sum may have
been spent.
There is still a very small number of people, however, often immigrants who try
to establish a food business in conditions which cannot be tolerated. The case for
compulsory licensing of food premises before their inauguration is strongly argued by
these, happily few, defaulters.