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99
ICE CREAMS.
Ice creams were sold during the season at 237 premises within the City
of London, against 239 last year.
Ninety-one of this number are owned by foreigners and are small confectionery
establishments, 115 are large refreshment dep6ts (Lyons 41, British
Tea Table Co. 33, Express Dairy Co. 13, and Aerated Bread Co. 28), the
remaining 31 are kept by smaller retailers.
The ice cream on sale at 84 shops is made within the City of London, in
all other instances it is manufactured in outside districts and brought into the
City ready for consumption.
Where the commodity is manufactured inside the City the premises are
constantly visited, and the regulations relating to the manufacture and sale of
ice creams enforced; where the article is made outside the City the place of
manufacture is ascertained and the Medical Officer of Health of the district
communicated with. In every instance the manufactory and the process of
manufacture have been favourably reported upon.
It is satisfactory to note that during the year no case of illness has been
traced to the consumption of ice creams.
Nineteen itinerant vendors' barrows and wares have been regularly under
supervision, and the regulation requiring them to conspicuously exhibit on
their barrows the place where the ice cream was manufactured has been
complied with.
A marked falling-off in point of the number of itinerant vendors has been
noted, the number under observation last year being 47.