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Very few cows are kept in these sheds, the keeping of cows in
London, it is satisfactory to note, being a dying industry. These
premises require to be annually licensed as in the case of slaughterhouses
by the London County Council, but the enforcement of the
by-laws and regulations governing their sanitation, &c., devolves
upon the Borough Council. The premises were systematically
inspected during the year and may be Said to be (sanitarily) in a
fairly satisfactory condition.
Ice-Cream.
During the year the number of premises in which ice-cream
is manufactured or sold was 174 as compared with 185 in 1910.
Notwithstanding the favourable conditions for its sale, namely, the
hot and prolonged summer of 1911, there has been a decrease in
the number of premises where this article is manufactured or sold.
This does not necessarily mean that less ice-cream is sold, but is
probably due to the more effective control and supervision exercised
by the Council and the enforcement of a satisfactory standard of
sanitation of premises where ice-cream is manufactured and sold.
Of the 174 premises 10 are occupied by Italians who employ
26 barrows in the sale of the article. Owing to the very hot weather
during the summer of 1911, an increased amount of attention was
devoted to the supervision of these premises, a frequent and systematic
inspection of the premises and of the ice-cream barrows in
the streets being carried out by Inspector Benjamin. Owing to this
and the sanitary effect of the proceedings taken by the Council
during the previous year there were few cases of neglect to carry
out the requirements of the Act of Parliament dealing with the
manufacture and sale of ice-cream. It was only necessary to
take proceedings in one instance. In this case an Italian ice-cream
vendor who had just moved into Battersea from another district
was found to be carrying on his business in insanitary premises.
The Inspector finding ice-cream being made and stored in a room
containing a water-closet. Proceedings were taken by the Council
against this man and he was convicted and fined.
Restaurants and Eating Houses.
The annual inspection of these premises was systematically
commenced in 1902 and since then a general sanitary supervision
has been exercised over them by Inspector Benjamin. The total
number on the register at the end of 1911 was 100 as compared with
103 in 1910, and 95 in 1909.
During the year it was found necessary to serve 12 preliminary
and 3 statutory notices in connection with sanitary defects