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stores has been reduced by 1, whilst the total number of premises in the Borough where milk is sold
has been increased from 196 to 197. It is accordingly satisfactory to note that the reduction in the
number of third-rate milkshops, which was effected in 1910 by the removal from the Register of 84
general stores, seems likely to be permanent. The inspections of dairies and milkshops made
during the year numbered 1,339, and notices were served requiring the remedy of defects which
were found on 12 of the premises visited.
Cowsheds.—The only milk produced within the Borough comes from a small cowshed in the
Walmer Road, where four cows are kept. On September 21st the premises were viewed, and no
onoosition was offered to the renewal of the occupier's license. The license was accordingly
renewed by the London County Council at the licensing sessions held in October. During the year
the occupier has removed a w.c. which formerly opened into the wash-house where the milk cans
and other dairy utensils are scalded and cleaned. He has also ceased to keep poultry, which were
a source of nuisance, and in adopting these measures at the instance of the sanitary inspector for
the district, but without notice, he has effected a considerable improvement in the sanitary state of
the premises in the neighbourhood of the cowshed.
Ice Cream.—At the end of the year 173 premises were shown in the Register of places within
the Borough where ice cream is prepared or sold. Fifteen places have been added to the Register
and 12 have been removed during the year, the net result being that the number of premises upon
which ice cream is made has been increased by three. The trade is regulated under the London
County Council (General Powers) Act, 1902, which makes it an offence to store ice cream in a
sleeping room or in any shed or room in which there is an inlet to a drain. Vendors of ice cream
are also required to notify the occurrence of infectious disease amongst their employks or amongst
persons living on their premises. The Act further provides that every itinerant vendor shall exhibit
on his barrow the name and address of the person from whom the ice cream has been obtained.
172i visits to ice cream premises have been made by the inspectors during the year, and 2 notices
have been served in respect of defects found.
PLACES WHERE FOOD IS PREPARED
Places in the Borough where food is prepared or sold are entered in a Register under the date
on which they were finally inspected and found to comply with the requirements of the London
County Council (General Powers) Act, 1908. The following table shows the number of such
premises on the Register at the end of the years 1910 and 1911, together with the number added
to or removed from the Register during the twelve months to which the report relates:—
Provision
Dealers.
Restaurants.
Butchers.
Fried Fish
Fishmongers.
Greengrocers.
Others.
Total.
Dec. 31st, 1910 195 153 94 43 28 27 5 545
No. added 17 3 15 — 8 18 2 63
Removed — 1 2 — — 1 — 4
On Register
Dec. 30th, 1911 212 155 107 43 36 44 7 604