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Every itinerant vendor of any such commodity as aforesaid shall if
not himself the manufacturer thereof exhibit in a legible manner on
a conspicuous part of his barrow a notice stating the name and address of
the person from whom he obtains such commodity and if such vendor is
himself the manufacturer of such commodity he shall in the same manner
exhibit his own name and address. Every such itinerant vendor who
shall fail to comply with the provisions of this Section shall be liable for
each offence on conviction as aforesaid to a penalty not exceeding Forty
Shillings.
Proceedings for the recovery of the penalties shall be instituted by
the Sanitary Authority for the District in which the offence was
committed or of the District to the Medical Officer of which such
notification as aforesaid ought to have been made or in which such
itinerant vendor as aforesaid shall offer any such commodity as aforesaid
for sale as the case may be.
G. L. Gomme,
Clerk of the Council.
Spring Gardens, S.W.,
iith September, 1902.
BAKEHOUSES.
These being places where food is prepared, ought naturally to
be dealt with under the sections of this report dealing with food.
As, however, they have to be reported on, together with other places where
trades are conducted, under the provisions of the Factory and Workshops
Act, 1901, it was thought more advisable to deal with all under the one
heading (vide p. 169.)-
KITCHENS OF RESTAURANTS AND EATING HOUSES.
These are dealt with in Part IV. of this report under the heading of "The
Administration of Factory and Workshop Act 1901" (vide p. 182).
MILK SHOPS AND DAIRIES.
At the end of the year there were 661 of these places on the register, of
which 20 were added in the twelvemonths. They were all visited from time to
time by the district inspectors, who as a rule found that the regulations were
complied with. In several instances, however, it was noticed that the vessels
both for holding and measuring the milk were not cleanly, and the offenders were
therefore warned that if the offences were repeated they would be summoned.
It is difficult to understand why many of the small vendors of milk sell it, as in
numerous instances it was found that they did not vend a quart of milk daily,
on which the profit could not have been much. It is a great pity that milk is