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ICE CREAM.
These premises received the usual attention during the season of
the year in which the business is carried on, and, where necessary,
cleansing, renewal of vessels, etc., carried out.
The number of premises on the register at the end of the year
was 122; 6 were added during the year and 16 cancelled. This shows
a reduction of 10, which is satisfactory.
I am pleased to report that there is less of the Italian element in
this business in the borough than formerly, and consequently less of
the itinerant vendor, carrying on the barrow trade in the street. The
itinerant vendor of the street is a constant danger, being continually
exposed to the dust and other accumulations of the street, together
with the habit of repeated use of the same glasses by different persons,
principally children. The personal cleanliness of the itinerant vendor's
is not of the best, and although constant supervision is exercised over
them, it is very difficult to enforce the regulations, and the better
remedy would be the entire prohibition of the itinerant vendor; the
article to be sold only in duly registered premises, as in the case of
milk, which should form one of the principal ingredients of the ice
cream.
The number of Inspections was 172; and the number of notices
served 6.
No prosecutions were necessary during the year.

One Cowshed at 178-182 Grove Street was closed during
the year, and no further license applied for.