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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Hackney 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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| Fines | Costs | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | |
| Dirty walls, ceiling and floor in basement bakehouse | 10 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | |
| Dough mixing machine and other equipment not kept clean | 10 | 0 | ||||
| Ceiling of basement flour store not kept in repair | 10 | 0 | ||||
| Refuse on floor of basement flour store | 10 | 0 | ||||
| Proving oven in basement boiler house not kept clean | 10 | 0 | ||||
| (b) Wash hand basin not kept clean | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dirty floor and windows in store room | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dirty floor and woodwork in shop | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Refuse deposited in food room | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| (c) Dirty walls and ceiling in first floor front room | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dirty walls and ceiling in second floor front room | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dirty walls and ceiling in second floor back room | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| (d) Allowed assistant to use tobacco when engaged in handling food | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Used tobacco in food room in which there was open food | Dismissed without costs. Defendant pleaded successfully that he was not engaged in "handling food" within the meaning of the Regulations. | |||||
| Used tobacco while engaged in handling open food | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| (2) Seven stalls | ||||||
| (a) Allowed printed material to come into contact with cut chicken | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| (b) Allowed printed material to come into contact with mackerel | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| (c). Allowed printed material to come into contact with cut fresh haddock | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| (d) Allowed printed material to come into contact with whiting | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| (e) Allowed printed material to come into contact with cut chicken | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| (f) Allowed printed material to come into contact with a chicken | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| (g) Allowed assistant to use tobacco when engaged in handling a chicken | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |