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Cowsheds.—For some years past the only milk produced within the Borough came from a
small cowshed in Walmer Road where about 10 cows were kept. The cowkeeper discontinued his
business at these premises during the year, and now, for the first time, as far as is known, there is
no milk being produced in Kensington.
Ice Cream.-At the end of the year 195 premises were shown in the Register of places within
the Borough where ice cream is prepared or sold, five having been added during the year. 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
among their employees or 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. Forty-two visits to ice cream premises have been made by inspectors
during the year.
Bakehouses.-There are 95 bakehouses in the Borough, and of this number 69 are underground.
As a result of 535 inspections which were made during the year, 10 notices were served
for the cleansing of walls and ceilings.
Slaughter Houses.-The six slaughter houses in the Borough were again licensed in October
by the London County Council. They are kept in a cleanly state, and from a structural point of
view are not open to objection. During the year a considerable number of pigs were killed in the
slaughter house in Walmer Road, and the license was renewed by the London County Council
in October on condition that the premises be not used for the purpose of slaughtering on more
than 20 Sundays in the year, that slaughtering on Sundays be carried out in the forenoon only, that
the licensee do inform the Council of the Royal Borough of Kensington on the previous day when
he intends to slaughter animals on a Sunday, and that on week-days cattle be slaughtered only
between the hours of 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. in the months of May, June, July, August and September,
and between the hours of 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. during the remainder of the year. The slaughter house
inspections for the year numbered 391.
Other Places Where Food is Prepared.-In addition to the above-mentioned food
premises, 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
County Council (General Powers) Act, 1908. The following Table shows the number of such
premises on the Register at the end of the years 1919 and 1920, 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.
On Register
Dec. 31st. 1919
283 171 96 34 50 102 15 751
No. added 5 2 0 3 4 0 0 14
Removed 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 3
On Register
Dec. 31st, 1920
288 173 95 35 54 102 15 762

Unsound Food.—The unsound food surrendered and destroyed during the year is shown in
the following list:—
Bacon (lbs.) 169
Beef(lbs.)22
Beef (tins) 30
Butter (lbs.) 19¼