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Butter Factories—No premises in the Borough are registered as
Butter Factories.
Wholesale Dealers in Margarine—Various wholesale dealers are on
the register in respect of 9 premises.
Businesses of Fried Fish Vendors and Rag and Bone Dealers.
Under the terms of Sec. 114, Public Health (London) Act, 1891,
and Sec. 9, London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1908, the
County Council made bye-laws with respect to these businesses.
As stated above, there are 11 Fried Fish Shops in the Borough.
There are also 2 premises where the business of a dealer in Rags and
Bones is carried on. All these premises are kept under supervision by
the Food Inspector.
Number and Condition of Slaughterhouses.
There are now only two slaughterhouses in the Borough, viz.,
Nos. 17 and 69, High Street.
There is no public abattoir in the Borough.
New bye-laws made by the London County Council were confirmed
by the Minister of Health on 7th December, 1923. These bye-laws
have for their object the regulation of the business with a view to more
humane procedure.
Unsound Food Seized or Surrendered.
The following is a list of food seized or voluntarily surrendered
during the year:—
Fish, 3 stone 13 lbs. mackerel, 10 stone haddock.
Poultry, 3 chickens, 1 turkey.
Arrangements for disinfection and disinfestation and the
extent of their use.
The Borough Council's Disinfecting and Cleansing Stations are
situated in the yard of the Electric Lighting Station.
The Disinfecting Station is equipped with a Washington-Lyons
apparatus, with a staff of 3 men. The collection of infected or infested
material is carried out by two Electric Vans.