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Another case, arising out of a seizure of meat made by Inspector
Green in 1921, was tried at the Newington Quarter Sessions and the
defendant was sent to prison for six months.
Throughout the year a regular inspection of street markets
and shops has been carried out by the Sanitary Inspectors on Saturday
nights. The Inspectors' routine duties render it impossible
for them to devote as much time to the very important work of
food inspection as is, in my opinion, desirable, and during the year
a report was submitted to the Public Health Committee urging
the appointment of an inspector to be engaged solely on food inspection.
The Committee did not adopt the suggestion made in
the report.
Bakehouses. — There were 127 bakehouses on the register, to
which the sanitary inspectors paid 462 visits. 15 intimations were
served and complied with. As the result of an Order issued by
the Home Office, certain powers in connection with factory bakehouses
(both wholesale and retail) under Sections 97, 99 and 100
of the Factory and Workshop Act were transferred from the Home
Office to the Ministry of Health, and the latter decided that local
sanitary inspectors should deal with the sanitary condition of bakehouses,
whether power was in use therein or not.
Eating Houses (including fried fish shops). There were 149
of these premises on the register, to which 187 visits were made,
special attention being paid to the cleanliness of kitchens, etc.
22 intimations were served and complied with.
Ice Cream Sellers. — There were 321 on the register and the inspectors
made 460 visits. 21 intimations were served and complied
with. Four samples were submitted for bacteriological examination,
two being unfavourably reported on. Special attention has
been paid to the premises and the conditions under which the cream
is made and sold in these two cases.