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Food Inspection.

Slaughterhouses.
There are four slaughterhouses in the Borough, situated as
follows:—40, England's Lane; 17, High Street; 69, High Street; 6
Fairfax Mews.
The slaughterhouses were regularly inspected during the year, the
number of inspections being 81.
In December it was found that the quarterly lime-washing had not
been carried out at one slaughterhouse. Notice was served and the
neccessary work was carried out by the end of the month.
Food Premises.
Section 8 of the London County Conncil (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. During 1909 and 1910 a systematic inspection of these places
was made, and in a considerable number of cases conditions in contravention
of the Act, were found. In 1909 and 1910 the total number of
premises altered in order to comply with the Act was 19 and 52 respectively,
as set out in the Reports for those years. In 1911 the number of premises
dealt with was 60. Of these places 36 were found to have drain inlets
in rooms where food was prepared or sold, in 54 premises the drains were