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was broken maklng fl: if lost, .?mgi"
a

dust and debris, {mm

material 

plat
ctio .
dent nestm

and one Cover
Trash, Consml

equipped with child-proof plugs
gs and r0

little ?nger to touch a live wire. 
service items, etc., plus rodent droppin

cabinets beneath the two?compartment 

I informed Mrs. Stokes that she was told by

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inspection sheets that she could not 000k on - home, 
would destroy the food or take it home. I told her She could not take 1t the tood.

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to destroy it. Mrs. Stokes employees Were mSth?ted by the? employer 0 send to

oul
It was taken to the dumpster. Mrs. Stokes then loudly proclaimed thatt sheOWyet her purse
McDonald?s to get food for the children and told one of the helpers 0 1, t,

and Mrs. Stokes then left the room.

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Mrs. Morris and it was noted 0 ted that She

.  
he premises. Mrs. Stokes ?0 She 

and
The kitchen had none of the equipment required by the MCIID for the cooking,
5?3ng of food. There was a washing machine installed in the kitchen.
a wire fence attached to 4x4 posts. The
ards were missing from this

fence PTOViding a Space large enough for a small child to squeeze through. The
Some of the equrpment held

playground surface was comprised of crushed rocks. .
standing water and some was dirty and in poor repair. There was no gate on this enclosed
distance from the building should they be

area. The children could not escape to a safe
evacuated through the kitchen door or the door from the one-year old room.

The playground was enclosed on two sides by
back side was enclosed by a wooden fence in poor repair. Bo

After obtaining the statements of the plumber, the life safety equipment installer and the
building inspector, I made the decision to close the center as the overcrowding
(approximately 58 children in 4 rooms), the lack of any life safety equipment other than
exit signs over the doors, the dangerous cooking of food in an unequipped kitchen, the
doors that only opened inward, the lack of enough plumbing facilities (only 2 adult sized
commodes and 2 adult?height hand sinks) and the lack of adequate staff to evacuate the
children in an emergency posed a clear and present danger as well as an imminent health
hazard to the children in Mrs. Stokes care. The building inspector, Mr. Davis, agreed with
my decision and signed the Legal Notice I issued to Mrs. Stokes. I informed Mrs. Stokes
that she was to cease operations immediately. She refused to do so and I informed her
that I would call the District Attorney to issue a warrant. She then agreed to close. Mrs.
Stokes re?ised at ?rst to Sign the legal notice and I told her that it was all right with me,
that I would write on it that the owner re?ised to sign and she could take it up with the
District Attorney. She then signed the Legal Notice and instructed her helpers to start

calling parents to pick up their children.

Upon their arrival, Inspectors Boren and Stephens concurred with my actions and wrote
Mm Stokes another ?Notlce of Fire Hazard? and told her she could not re?open until
plans were submitted by an architect to the City of Mobile Fire Department, the County
Building Inspection Department and the Mobile County Health Department and all life
safety equipment was in place and an inspection was conducted by the Fire Department.