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food supervision.

In addition there are 6 places where fish-curing is carried on, 9 where sausages and
saveloys are made, and 2 (factories) where artificial ice is produced.
The costermongers' stalls in the Borough are inspected at least twice each Saturday,
and such as take pitches on other days in the week, daily. Below is given a tabulated statement
of the numbers of inspections (total 969) reported by the Inspector:
Butchers' Shops (all kinds) ... 436 Milkshops ... ... 200
Greengrocers' Shops ... ... 14 Restaurants, &c. ... ... 190
Fishmongers' Shops ... ... 18 Ice Cream Shops and Barrows 65
Fried Fish Shops ... ... 46
(Note.—Inspections of coster barrows are not included in the above figures.)
Besides inspections for the purposes of the Public Health (London) Act (including
discovery of unsound food) all the above premises are subject to special provisions of the
London County Council (General Powers) Acts. Inspections made under the latter Acts are
not included in the above figures, but are given below :—
Coffee and Dining Rooms ... 10 Butchers' ... ... 1
Confectioners' Shops ... ... 7 Fishmongers' ... ... 6
Grocery, Provisions ... ... 10 Greengrocer's ... ... 1
Poultry ... ... ... 2
Milk Supply.
There is only one cowshed in the Borough, that at—
Star Street, No. 39, is licensed for 10 cows (usual number, 5).
The shed is visited periodically by the Inspector, but the effective control is vested in the
County Council. The shed is always clean and in good condition when visited.
Dairies and Milkshops.—At the end of 1909 there were 183 names of milk vendors on the
Register. In March last action was taken under Sec. 5 of the London County Council
(General Powers) Act, 1908 on the lines of the Resolutions of the Council, of December 5th,
1909, which were included in the annual report for that year. In the end 09 names were
removed from the Register on the ground that their premises were unsuited for the sale
of milk. No new milk vendors were added, but 12 old businesses changed hands. I he
Register contained 114 effective entries at the close of the year. The businesses carried on
in combination with the sale of milk by the vendors now on the Register are given below—
Dairies: milk, butter and eggs only ... ... ... 84 (81)
„ wholesale ... ... ... ... ... 4 (4)
Grocers' shops... ... ... ... ... ... 1 (10)
General shops ... ... ... ... ... ... 9 (61)
Sweet-stuff, confectionery ... ... ... ... 2 (10)
Provisions ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 (2)
Refreshments ... ... ... ... ... ... 9 (10)
Bakers' shops ... ... ... ... ... ... 4 (3)