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PART II
POOD CONTROL
A fresh impetus in the control of food handling premises was
provided at the commencement of the year by the application of the
Food Hygiene Regulations 1955 1956. A resume of these Regulations
was given in my annual report for last year, With approval
of the Health Committee it was decided that the best way of
introducing the Regulations to the people most affected was by
a series of meetings with the traders. Accordingly, meetings
were arranged at which Alderman R.H. Warren as Chairman of the
Health Committee presided and invitations were sent out to the
traders in groups. Attendances at all meetings were good and
those present were given an outline of the Regulations, together
with the views of the officials concerned as to their interpretation
of the various requirements.
Following these meetings surveys have taken place., commencing
with cafes, restaurants and other places where food is eaten by
the public. The reception given to the Public Health Inspectors
during their visits has been gratifying and the traders have proved
most co operative.
In many of the registered food premises the purpose for
which they are registered is ancillary to the main purpose, e.g.,
those premises where sausages are manufactured are, in the main,
butchers, in the case of cooking ham, the main business is a grocers.
In addition to regular visits to the premises special visits
have been made under the Food Hygiene Regulations,
The number of shops in Tottenham selling food is 1,054,
Several shops have more than one trade, and the following list
shows the number of shops dealing in each food trade.
Baker and Confectioner 52
Butcher 94
Coffee Stall and Cafe 24
Confectioner 331
Dairyman 32