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On the whole it may be said that restaurants and eatinghouses
in Battersea are in a (sanitarily) satisfactory condition,
and that this has been brought about by the systematic
inspection, which during the last 9 years has been carried on
in connection with premises where food is prepared and sold.
The powers of sanitary authorities in controlling the sanitary
condition of premises wherein food for human consumption is
prepared, stored and sold, are considerably augmented by the
London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1908.
Milk Shops.
The milk supply of Battersea has, during 1910, as in past years,
been carefully supervised by the Council's Officers. A revision of
the register of these premises was carried out by direction of the
Health Committee in 1909, in connection with the additional
powers provided in the London County Council (General Powers)
Act, 1908, and as a result, a large number of general shops, which
on sanitary grounds were deemed unsuitable for the sale and storage
of milk, were removed from the register, while at the same time,
those milk shops remaining on the register were required to comply
with additional requirements with a view to reducing to a
minimum, conditions likely to give rise to the risk of contamination.
The Committee's action in this respect has resulted in a
decrease in the number of the premises, wherein milk is sold, and
furthermore has been followed by a distinct improvement as regards
the sanitary state of the milkshops remaining on the register, a
matter of great importance having regard to the sensitiveness of
this article of human food to contamination and to the fact that
it constitutes the main diet of infants and invalids.
The number of registered milk shops in Battersea at the end
of 1909, was 178. During 1910, 41 new milkshops were added, and
34 removed from the register, the total number on the register
at the end of 1910, being 185.