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THE FOOD SUPPLY
All premises in the Borough where food is sold or prepared for sale are now regulated by
Section 8 of the London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1908. Premises where milk is
sold are required to be kept in accordance with the Dairies, Cowsheds and Milkshops Order, 1885,
and the Regulations made thereunder by the Council. Unsound food is dealt with under Section 47
of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891. Proceedings in cases of adulteration are instituted under
the Sale of Foods and Drugs Acts.
MILK SUPPLY.
At the end of the year the Register kept by the Council and revised from time to time in
accordance with the requirements of the Milkshops Order, 1885, contained the names of 197 persons
carrying on the trade of purveyors of milk on premises within the Borough.
Under Section 5 of the London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1908, the Council are
authorised to remove from or refuse to enter upon the Register, the name of any person proposing
to sell milk on premises which are for any reason unsuitable for the purpose.
Whilst reserving to themselves the right to object to premises on any reasonable grounds, the
Council have by resolution expressed the opinion that the presence in a milkshop of such articles
as paraffin, loose pickles, fish, fresh meat, fruit, vegetables or coals constitutes a source of
contamination, and renders the shop unsuitable for the sale of milk.
During the year 28 applications for registration were received from persons who proposed to
sell milk. Of this number 26 were granted, after the premises in respect of which the applications
had been made, had been inspected and found suitable for the sale of milk. One application from
the occupier of a shop where paraffin oil and loose pickles were sold, was refused. In a second case
registration was refused because the applicant, after due notice of the Council's requirements had
been given, failed to provide a cover for the counter pan in which it was proposed to store the milk.
In no case was it found necessary to remove from the register the name of any person on the
grounds that milk was being sold on unsuitable premises. The alterations made in the Register of
Milk Purveyors during the year 1911 are summarised in the following table:—

The above table shows the number of premises entered in or removed from the Register.
Thirteen businesses changed hands, the transfer necessitating the substitution in the Register of the
name of the purchaser for that of the vendor. In the case of the 12 milkshops shown in the table
as "vacated," the occupiers either left the neighbourhood or gave up the sale of milk on the premises
in respect of which they were registered. Thirteen applications for registration were received and
granted in respect of premises which had not been previously occupied as milkshops, the net result
of the alterations made in the Register has been that the number of persons purveying milk in general