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The chief defects were dirty floors, walls and ceilings, some of
them extremely so; unclean yards or areas where food was being
prepared; a number of premises without proper or sufficient dustbin
accommodation; and some also in which the sanitary
conveniences were either insufficient or defective. In a certain
number of cases infringement of the Bye-laws were met with
in respect to the regulation that no sanitary convenience shall
communicate directly with a room in which food is prepared.
Whilst it may be said that many of the proprietors of these
establishments conduct their business in a suitable manner and
wholly within the meaning of the law, the same cannot be said of
all. Some of the kitchens and cellars were in a bad condition, and
food prepared in them could not but be open to grave criticism.
In Chapel Street, Exmouth Street and Whitecross Street there is
carried on a considerable food trade from stalls. These are
periodically inspected at irregular periods every week, including
Sundays and Saturday nights.
During 1907 the system of registration of ice-cream, vendors,
adopted in 1901, has been followed out. At the end of 1903 there
were 101 registered premises in which this trade was carried on.
There are now 90. These places have been periodically inspected
and the regulations enforced.