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Battersea 1958
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough]
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Protection of Food Supply.
(A)—INSPECTION OF FOOD PREMISES.
The regular inspection of all premises where food for human consumption
is prepared, stored or sold has always been carried out as a
routine. The Food and Drugs Act, 1955, which came into operation
on the 1st January, 1956, was a consolidation measure repealing the
Food and Drugs Amendment Act, 1954, and consolidating it with the
Food and Drugs Act, 1938, the Food and Drugs (Milk, Dairies and
Artificial Cream) Act, 1950, and certain other enactments amending
and supplementing Part V of the Act in relation to slaughterhouses and
knackers' yards.
The Food Hygiene Regulations, made under the new Act, came
into operation on the 1st January, 1956. They are in the main being
implemented, and a complete register of all food premises in the
Borough has been compiled.
| Milk Distributors | 133 |
| Wholesale Milk Dealers (registered as Dairymen) | 2 |
| Restaurants, Cafes | 151 |
| Canteens, Kitchens | 72 |
| Butchers | 70 |
| Horseflesh (for human consumption) | 1 |
| Ice Cream (Sale) | 261 |
| Ice Cream (Manufacture) | 3 |
| Fish Shops (Wet and Fried) | 44 |
| Food Factories | 20 |
| Bakehouses (Not underground) | 18 |
| Bakehouses (Underground) | 5 |
| Preserved Food | 116 |
| Bakers | 49 |
| Greengrocers | 78 |
| Confectioners | 210 |
| Grocers and Provisions | 268 |
| Miscellaneous (Chemists, Public Houses, Off-Licences) | 202 |
| Stalls : — | |
| Grocers | 2 |
| Greengrocers and Fruiterers | 64 |
| Fish and/or Poultry | 8 |
There are 1,092 food premises in the Borough, together with
food stalls. Some of the premises shown above are listed under more
than one trade category.
Dairies and Milk Distributors.
At the end of the year there were 135 premises in the Borough
registered for the sale of milk. Two of these premises, occupied by
wholesale dealers, were registered as dairies. The occupiers of the
remaining 133 premises were registered as milk distributors.