An annual report by UK food hygiene course provider High Speed Training has taken a look at food hygiene data, calculating an average hygiene score for each region, town and city.
From 36,383 inspections conducted at restaurants and eateries in the capital, London was given an average hygiene rating of 4.38, the lowest of all UK regions.
Food hygiene ratings range from 0, indicating that urgent improvement is necessary, to 5, indicating that hygiene standards are very good.
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Within London, Waltham Forest restaurants were given the lowest average rating of 3.89 out of five, with 942 premises inspected.
However, despite achieving the worst rating in London, it is an improvement on the borough’s average score of 3.74 from the previous year, researchers said.
