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City of London 1909
Annual report of Medical Officer of Health for 1909
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No case of infectious disease occurred at any milk dealer's premises during
the year.
Each place on the Register is regularly and systematically inspected, and
their general condition has greatly improved during recent years.
A list of registered purveyors of milk in the City is given in Appendix D,
p. 156.
ICE CREAMS.
Under the provisions of the Ice Cream Sections, Nos. 42, 43 and 44 of the
London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1902, which became operative
on 1st November, 1903, any person engaged in the manufacture, sale or
storage of ice cream, or any such commodity, who does any act or thing likely
to expose such commodity to infection or contamination, or omit to take any
proper precaution for the due protection of such commodity from infection
or contamination, shall be liable for every such offence, on conviction, to a
penalty not exceeding forty shillings. He is also liable to a similar penalty if
he omits to notify the outbreak of any infectious disease amongst persons
employed by him in the sale, manufacture or storage of such commodity.
An itinerant vendor of ice cream, &c., must exhibit a notice on his barrow
stating the name and address of the person from whom he obtains such
articles, failing which, he also incurs a penalty not exceeding forty shillings.
In 1909 there were 248 premises in the City where ice creams were sold
as compared with 246 in 1908, and 207 in 1907.
These places may be classified as under:—
| Number. | In the City. In other districts. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Tea shops | 119 | 36 | 83 |
| Confectioners | 20 | 16 | 4 |
| Small confectioners and light refresh | |||
| ment shops | 109 | 51 | 58 |
| Total | 248 | 103 | 145 |
With one exception, the 109 small confectioners and refreshment shops
were kept by foreigners.
The number of places in the City where ice creams are manufactured
decreased from 109 in 1908, to 103 last year, while 145 dealers obtained their
supplies from other districts, as compared with 137 in 1908. From enquiries
made in other districts, it was ascertained that with one exception the manufacture
was carried on under satisfactory sanitary conditions, and in the case
reported against, the purchase of ice cream therefrom was prohibited until
notification was received that the necessary sanitary improvement had been
effected.