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Hackney 1954

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]

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SECTION 13 (Provisions as to rooms where food intended for sale is prepared
or stored &c.). This Section deals with provisions in regard to hygiene,
cleanliness, washing facilities, etc., in rooms where food is prepared for sale
or sold, or offered or exposed for sale, or deposited for the purpose of sale
or of preparation for sale.
SECTION 15 (Byelaws with respect to the handling, wrapping, &c. of food, and
the sale of food in the open air) Byelaws made by the London County Council
pursuant to their powers under this Section provide for the observance of
sanitary and cleanly conditions and practices in connection with the handling,
wrapping and delivery of food sold or intended for sale for human consumption,
and in connection with the sale or exposure for sale in the open air of food
intended for human consumption.

Under section 13 and the byelaws, notices relating to defects were served in respect of the following premises:-

Bakers11
Butchers21
Cafes and restaurants52
Confectioners17
Dairies-
Fishmongers8
Food Factories4
Greengrocers19
Grocers and Provision Merchants56
Public Houses21
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The following items were included in the notices served:-
Absence of dust and refuse bins 3
Absence of hot water supply 24
Absence of separate cloakrooms 1
Accumulation of refuse 12
Dirty condition of apparatus and utensils 2
Dirty condition of premises 102
Dirty condition of yard 3
Food inadequately protected against contamination 26
Failure to fix notice requesting washing of hands 1
General structural defects 60
Inadequate ventilation 6
Insanitary condition of water-closet 9
Insufficient dust and refuse bins 3
Insufficient supply of hot water 30
Insufficient water-closet accommodation 5
Lack of washing facilities 16
Plucking poultry in shop 1

Legal proceedings were taken in respect of four premises, two being bakehouses, one a greengrocer's shop and one a grocer's shop:-

OffenceResult of ProceedingsFinesCosts
£s.d.£s.d.
(a) Walls of bakehouse not kept clean.Summons dismissed------
Floor of bakehouse not kept clean.Summons dismissed------
Apparatus and utensils in bakehouse not kept clean.No penalty. Costs awarded---330
Reasonable precautions not taken to prevent contamination of food in bakehouse.Summons dismissed------