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kept. The slaughterhouses were also found in a cleanly condition,
and were in good repair.
The manufacture and sale of Ice Cream has occupied the
attention of several Sanitary Authorities during the year, and Dr.
Klein's investigations conclusively prove that the Ice Creams sold
in the streets, for the most part, are manufactured and stored
under the most abominable conditions. I would strongly urge
that this Board should unite with other Sanitary Authorities to
memorialize the Local Government Board to introduce legislation
which will empower local Authorities to register the vendors of
Ice Cream, and to make bye-laws for regulating the conditions
under which it is made and sold.
The Inspectors, acting under instructions, made frequent
examinations of articles of food submitted for sale, and in consequence
of these inspections, a quantity of articles were voluntarily
destroyed by the persons exposing them for sale.
Table No. 10 gives an analysis of the Vital and Mortal
Statistics of thirty-three of the largest English towns during the
year 1895.
Table No. 11 gives a return of the rooms and articles disinfected
by the Board's Officers after cases of infectious disease
occurring in the District. Several infected rooms were disinfected
to the satisfaction of the Medical Practitioner attending
upon the case, and his giving a certificate to that effect, as provided
by the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, precludes the
Board carrying out this work. The premises provided for the use
of those persons who require the same during the time that their
homes are being disinfected, was only used by one family from
the Parish of St. Paul, Deptford, during the year.