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the addresses are forwarded for the attention of the sanitary authorities
concerned.
The number of stalls registered in the City on which food is exposed
for sale is about 224, but this number is continually changing. As a
result of constant supervision only a few minor infringements of the
by-laws have occurred. These were promptly rectified when pointed
out by the inspectors. Otherwise conditions have been satisfactory.
Meat Regulations, 1924.
There are no slaughterhouses in the City and the duties imposed are
confined to the supervision of meat shops, stalls and stores. In addition
to routine and special inspection, visits are paid to all meat premises in
the City at certain periods in the year for the purpose of a general
inspection of the requirements in the regulations. A register is kept of
all meat vendors and the number at the end of 1930 was 136. The
inspectors paid 394 visits to these premises.
In one case the paving of the yard was in a defective condition and
there was not sufficient dust-bin accommodation. These matters were
rectified without the service of a notice.
Food Order, 1921.
No cases came to the notice of the Inspectors of absence of labels
on ''imported" meat.
Other Food Premises.
The total number of inspections to food premises was 2,854, and
these include visits to milk shops and butchers' shops which have already
been detailed. Other premises where food is prepared for sale, deposited
for sale or sold, include bakers' shops, greengrocery and fruit shops,
ice-cream shops, fish shops, fried fish shops, eating places, tea shops and
restaurants. As a result of these inspections 25 notices requiring sanitary
defects to be remedied were issued.
Restaurants.—The keeping of restaurants is one of the most important
trades in Westminster. A permanent day population almost
four times as large as the resident population, together with the enormous
daily influx of people who come for shopping, theatres or other social
reasons, require to be catered for. A register of all restaurants is kept
and 1,153 restaurants have already been indexed. During the year
1,142 visits were paid. Kitchens, pantries, messroom arrangements for
staff, systems for washing up, and general sanitary arrangements were
specially observed. Defects requiring notices were found in 127 instances,
and in each case the work was satisfactorily carried out.