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The number of these places on the Register at the end of 1920 was 413 ; 1,756
inspections were made, and 29 notices were served during the year for sanitary defects
found.
In addition to the above inspections of places where food is prepared for sale,
there were also 870 inspections of market streets, each of which includes a number
of stalls at which meat, fish, fruit and vegetables are sold. These streets are also
regularly inspected on Saturday evenings and Sunday mornings.
Ice Cream.
During the year there were 31 premises in the Borough where ice cream was
manufactured or sold, and in addition to my inspections .73 inspections of these
premises were made.
As ice cream is often made in the early morning, inspections between 6 and 9
a.m. were also occasionally made in order to ascertain whether there were any infringements
of the London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1902.
Sale of Food and. Drugs Acts.—About 500 samples, of which 274 were milk
and 62 butter, were purchased by the Inspectors or their Agents and submitted
to the Public Analyst. Of these only 14 or 2.8 per cent. were reported to be not
genuine.

The two samples of drugs reported to be not genuine were two of three samples
taken of 33 per cent. calomel ointment, one of which was reported to contain 10.5
per cent. of calomel instead of 33 per cent., and the other 20.0 per cent. instead of
33 per cent.
Milk (Mothers and Children) Order, 1919.—See page 23 under Maternity and
Child Welfare.
Meat.—All the butchers shops and market streets were frequently inspected,
and, in addition, all the market streets (in which fish, fruit and vegetables are also
sold) are regularly inspected on Saturday afternoons and Sunday mornings.
Slaughter House.
There has been only one slaughter house in the Borough, viz., 29 Red Lion
Street, since 1905, which, in addition to my inspections was inspected on five occasions
during the year. Sheep only are slaughtered.