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During the year, on Bank Holidays or upon other special occasions,
the sanitary inspectors have been on duty on the Heath inspecting food
and taking samples for analysis. It has been found, as in previous
years, that the food exposed for sale 011 these festival days is, generally
speaking, of a wholesome character, the only cases of complaint being
against the itinerant or casual vendor of milk.
Food Premises.
Section 8 of the London County Council (General Powers), Act,
1908, contains provisions that considerably increase the power of Sanitary
Authorities to regulate the sanitary condition of places where food is
prepared or sold. This section, which has been set out in full in previous
Annual Reports, provides, among other things, that there shall be no
drain inlet in any room where food is prepared or sold ; that no sanitary
convenience shall be within such a room, or in direct communication with
it; and that such a room shall be kept clean and not used as a sleeping
place. These places are in-pected from time to time, and in a considerable
number of cases conditions in contravention of the Act have
been found. In 1911, 1912, and 1913 the total number of premises
altered in order to comply with the Act was 60, 37, and 71 respectively,
as set out in the Reports for those years. I11 1914 the number of
premises dealt with was 92. Of these places, 7 were found to have
drain inlets in rooms where food was prepared or sold; in 36 premises
the drains were defective ; in 76, structural defects, other than drainage
defects of various kinds, were present; and 45 premises needed cleansing.
The places were dealt with as follows:—in 24 instances the drains were
entirely, and in 12 instances partially, reconstructed; in 7 instances
improperly placed drain inlets were removed, with or without redrainage;
in 76 instances minor defects were remedied; and 45 premises
were thoroughly cleansed under notice.