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Hampstead 1910
Report for the year 1910 of the Medical Officer of Health
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Three general shops, in addition to those included in the Committee's
report, changed occupation during the year, one was used for another
trade, and the new occupiers of the other two were refused registration
by the Council. The number of general shops selling milk was in this
way reduced from 26 in 1909 to 21 in 1910.
Ice Cream.
The sale of ice cream in London is controlled by Sections 42 and
43 of the London County Council (General Power) Act, 1902.
There are 83 shops in the Borough in which ice cream is sold, and
289 inspections at these premises were made during the year.
In addition to these, the barrows which stand in the streets, and on
Hampstead Heath on Bank Holidays have been inspected.
Table of sanitary work carried out at premises where ice cream is sold :—
| Premises or parts of premises repaired, cleansed and limewashed | 9 |
| Drains repaired or reconstructed | 5 |
| Drains unstopped | 3 |
| Soil pipes reconstructed | 4 |
| Water-closets renewed | 8 |
| „ cleansed | 5 |
| Flushing cisterns to water-closets repaired | 4 |
| New sinks provided | 3 |
| Waste pipes of sinks trapped, repaired, or renewed | 14 |
| Roofs repaired | 4 |
| Rainwater pipes repaired | 3 |
| Yards paving repaired | 3 |
| Dustbins provided | 1 |
| Other defects remedied | 10 |
Food Premises.
Section 8 of the London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1908,
contains provisions that considerably increase the power of sanitary
authorities to regulate the sanitary condition of places where food is
prepared or sold. The section, which has been set out in full in previous
Annual Reports, provides, among other things, that there shall be no drain
inlet in any room where food is prepared or sold, that no sanitary convenience
shall be within such a room or in direct communication with
it, and that such a room shall be kept clean and not used as a sleeping place.