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Preserved Food Premises.
Section 16 (b) of the Food and Drugs Act, 1955, provides for the
registration of premises used for the preparation or manufacture of
sausages or potted, pressed, pickled or preserved food intended for sale.
A total of 103 premises (63 butchers' shops, 37 fish shops and
3 other premises) were registered at the end of the year. In addition
to visits to butchers' and fish shops, 19 inspections of other premises
were carried out. Four notices under the Food Hygiene Regulations
were served.
Catering Establishments.
All restaurants, cafes, canteens and kitchens are regularly inspected
throughout the year. There are 203 of these premises on the Register,
and 728 inspections were made, 8 notices under the Food Hygiene
Regulations being served.
Food Stalls.
All street stalls from which food for human consumption is
sold are regularly inspected and, where the food sold is stored in the
Borough, the storage places are also inspected. Three summonses were
issued against one stall-holder for placing food on the public footway
so as to involve the risk of contamination. He pleaded "Not guilty"
on one occasion, and "Guilty" on the other two, and was fined £1 with
5s. 0d. costs on each of the three summonses.
There are 67 food stalls in the Borough, the majority of them
being in the two street markets in Battersea High Street and Northcote
Road.

(B)—SAMPLING OF FOOD AND DRUGS.
The analysis of samples of food and drugs purchased formally
and informally under the Food and Drugs Act is carried out by the
Public Analyst for the Borough, D. G. Forbes, Esq., b.sc., f.r.i.c.,
his premises, 325 Kennington Road, London, S.E.11.
General bacteriological examination, and the examination of
samples heat-treated milk and of ice-cream, is carried out by the
Public Health Laboratory Service.
The total number of formal samples taken under the Act during
1963 was 79. In addition, 377 informal samples were procured.