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Forty notices were served to remedy insanitary conditions
discovered in fish shops. In 3 shops a water-closet was found
within the place where the fish was stored.
Ice Cream.
During the year ice-cream was sold on 110 premises in
Battersea, the number in 1904 being 116. These premises
were supervised by Inspector Benjamin. Various offences
against the Public Health Act were discovered, and in eight
instances there was failure to comply with the provisions
relating to ice-cream in the London County Council (General
Powers) Act, 1902. In two cases it was necessary to take
legal proceedings against ice-cream vendors who persisted in
making ice-cream in a living room. In one of the cases the
ice-cream was being made while a patient suffering from a mild
and unrecognised form of scarlet fever was in the same room.
Both defendants were convicted.
Butchers' Shops.
There are 95 butchers' shops in Battersea, all of
which are under the supervision of Inspector Chuter. On
59 of these premises sausage-making or meat-chopping
is carried on, the work being done by hand in 44 cases,
and by machinery in 15 cases. Eighty-eight of the shops
are provided with ice-safes. The trade refuse is removed as
follows:—
Winter. Summer.
Once a week 10 4
Twice a week 75 57
Three times a week 6 29
Four times a week — 1
Daily 4 4
The premises generally are kept in a cleanly and, on the
whole, satisfactory condition.