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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 1962
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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Regulation 16 (Wash hand basins to be provided)
Not suitable or sufficient 7
Inadequate supply of hot water 8
Absence of soap, detergents, nail brushes, towels 14
Failure to keep clean 2
Regulation 18 (Accommodation for clothing, etc.)
Not suitable and sufficient 3
Regulation 19 (Facilities for washing food and equipment)
Not suitable or sufficient 1
Failure to provide adequate supply of hot water to sink 3
Failure to keep clean and in efficient working order 4
Failure to provide towels or other drying facilities) 1
Regulation 23 (Cleanliness and repair, etc. of food rooms)
Failure to keep room in good order, repair and condition 27
Regulation 24 (Accumulation of refuse, etc.)
Failure to keep room free from accumulation of refuse 12
Notices served under these regulations related to defects at 43 premises
as follows:- Bakers 6
Butchers 8
Cafes and Restaurants 10
Canteens 1
Confectioners 1
Fishmongers 1
Greengrocers 3
Grocers and Provision Merchants 8
Public Houses 4
Stalls 1
Legal Proceedings under the Food Hygiene Regulations
| Fines | Costs | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (i) Poultry Stall | £ | s. | d | £ | s. | d |
| Poultry stall not suitably screened | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| (ii) Sweet Stall Unwrapped sweets exposed to risk of contamination | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| (iii) Poultry Stall Poultry not suitably screened | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| (iv) Poultry Stall Failure to protect poultry from risk of contamination (Poultry placed in open baskets on the ground) | 20 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| (v) Poultry Stall Failure to protect poultry from risk of contamination (Poultry placed in open baskets on the ground) | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| (vi) Poultry Stall Failure to protect poultry from risk of contamination (Chickens placed on ground) | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Stall not suitably screened | 25 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| (vii) Poultry Stall Stall not suitably screened | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Failure to protect poultry from risk of contamination (A. Fowls placed on ground) | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| (B. Fowls hung against wall of adjacent property) | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| (viii) Bakery Failure to provide and maintain adequate supplies of clean towels or other drying facilities | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Condition of ceiling plaster in Bakehouse | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Failure to provide and maintain adequate supply of hot water | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |