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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 1963
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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| Weight | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tons | Cwts | Qtrs | Lbs | Oz | |
| Bread, cakes and pastries | 1 | 4 | 8 | ||
| Butter, lard and margarine | 8 | 2 | 20 | 8 | |
| Cheese | 3 | - | 4 | - | |
| Fish | 10 | 1 | 24 | 5 | |
| Flour | 2 | 13 | - | ||
| Fruit and Vegetables | 16 | 13 | 2 | 11 | 11 |
| Jam and Marmalade | 2 | - | 11 | 4 | |
| Tinned Meat, Poultry and game | 4 | 1 | - | 19 | - |
| Carcase Meat, Pountry and game | 2 | 14 | 3 | 15 | 12 |
| Milk (Evaporated and Condensed) | 7 | - | 5 | 12 | |
| Pickles and Sauces | 6 | 3 | |||
| Sugar | 1 | - | - | - | |
| Sweets | 3 | 4 | - | ||
| Tea and Coffee | 4 | 12 | |||
| Miscellaneous | 16 | 3 | 25 | 13 | |
| 26 | - | 3 | 2 | 8 | |
DISPOSAL OF UNSOUND FOOD Tins of unsound meat as well as carcase meat
were disposed of in the incinerator at the Millfields Disinfecting Station.
Other typefe of unsound tinned food were, following puncture of the tins, taken
to the Council" s wharf for shipment to a controlled tip.'
SECTION 13 (Regulations as to Food Hygiene)
(a) The Food Hygiene (General) Regulations, 1960 The following notices
were served:-
Regulation 5 (Food business not to be carried on at insanitary premises, etc.)
Defective and dirty condition of premises 13
Dirty condition of yard 2
Absence of dustbins 2
Accumulation of rubbish 5
Regulation 6 (Cleanliness of equipment, etc.)
Equipment not made of such material as can be properly kept clean 1
Dirty condition of equipment 11
Failure to protect food containers from risk of contamination 1
Regulation 8 (Food to be protected from risk of contamination)
Failure to protect food from contamination 9
Regulation 9 (Personal cleanliness)
Failure to observe cleanliness of clothing, etc. 1
Smoking whilst handling food 9
Regulation 14 (Sanitary conveniences)
Failure to keep sanitary convenience clean and in efficient order 21
Failure to provide sufficient light and ventilation 5
Food room communicating directly with sanitary convenience 4
Failure to display notice "Now wash your hands" 11
Regulation 16 (Wash-hand basins to be provided)
Failure to provide suitable and sufficient wash-hand basins 14
Absence of hot water 14
Absence of soap,'detergents, nail brushes, towels 16
Failure to keep clean and in efficient order 4
Regulation 17 (First-aid materials to be provided)
No provision of first-aid equipment 9