London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1957
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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Regulation 27 (Covering of certain stalls, and receptacles for waste)
Lack of or inadequate covering of stalls 26
Regulation 28 (Supply of water for stalls)
Lack of supply of hot water for stalls 5
Notices served under the Pood Hygiene Regulations related to defects at
the following 242 premises:-
Bakers 20
Butchers 26
Cafes and Restaurants 40
Canteens 13
Confectioners 12
Dairy 1
Fishmongers 12
Pood Factories 4
Greengrocers 23
Grocers and Provisions merchants 31
Public Houses 13
Stalls 47
Legal proceedings under the Food Hygiene Regulations. Legal proceedings were taken with the following results, in respect of contraventions at:-
| Fines | Costs | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (1) Three food premises (a) Using tobacco in a food room in which there was open food | £ | s. | d. | £ | s | d. |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| (b) Failing to keep articles of equipment in bakehouse clean | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Failing to keep containers free from contamination | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Carrying on a food business in unsanitary premises | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| (c) Allowing refuse to accumulate in a food room | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Ventilated lobby between food room and sanitary convenience in a defective condition | 10 | 0 | - | - | - | |
| Failing to keep walls of a food room in good order repair and condition | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Failing to provide for the use of persons engaged in handling open food suitable accommodation for outdoor clothing | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Failing to provide first aid equipment for persons engaged in handling open food | 10 | 0 | - | - | - | |
| Failing to provide wash-hand basins for persons engaged in handling food | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Failing to keep articles and equipment with which food comes into contact clean | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Failing to keep walls of food room clean | - | - | - | - | - | - |