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The above table shows the great decline which has taken place
in the number of general shops and other unsuitable premises
where milk is sold in Battersea since 1908. This desirable state
of things has been brought about by the Council's action in
requiring all premises where this sensitive and indispensable
article of food is sold shall be sanitarily suitable, particulars in
regard to which have been fully described in past Annual Reports.
Frequent and systematic inspection of the milk shops in the
Borough is rigidly carried out, and all milk vendors are required
to take all practicable precautions to protect their milk from the
risks of contamination, such, for example, as the provision of
suitable covers and properly ventilated and lighted safes for holding
the counter pans containing the milk. The importance of
protecting milk, as far as possible, from the numberless risks of
contamination which it runs in its progress from the farm ta the
consumer cannot, from the public health standpoint, be overestimated.
During the year, 553 visits of inspection were paid to premises
where milk is sold in the Borough.
Restaurants and Eating Houses.
The total number of these premises in the Borough of
Battersea at the end of 1913 was 104, as compared with 94 in
1912, and 100 in 1911.
The systematic inspection of restaurants and eating houses
has been carried out in the Borough since 1902, when the
Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, came into operation. During
the year, it was found necessary to serve 27 preliminary
notices and four statutory notices in respect of 37 sanitary