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Fried Fish Vendors. Ice Cream Vendors.
Milk Vendors. Slaughterhouses.
Full particulars and remarks regarding these premises are
to be found in another part of the report.
Ice Cream Vendors.—During the year representations
were made to the London County Council on the advisibility
of powers being conferred to secure the compulsory registration
of ice cream vendors.
The County Council after considering the views expressed
by the various Borough Councils on this subject, decided that
the powers already possessed by local sanitary authorities
in London, if duly exercised, were sufficient to protect the
public from danger arising from the consumption of ice cream.
Samples of ice cream were taken by the London County
Council and bacteriologically examined and, generally speaking,
were found to be quite satisfactory.
I am, however, still of the opinion that powers should
be obtained to secure the compulsory registration of ice cream
vendors, and that the local sanitary authorities should be
empowered to refuse such registration should the person or
premises be unsuitable for the purpose.
In the Spring an inspection was made of all the Ice Cream
Vendors in the Borough. The premises, in the majority of
cases, were found to be satisfactory, but in some cases it was
necessary for action to be taken regarding their condition.
Many premises are not suitable for the handling of so
easily contaminated a food as ice cream, and there is often a
lack of personal cleanliness about the vendors.
In a few cases the premises are used for making the cream
only, it being sold from barrows in the street, but generally
speaking it is sold at the premises at which it is made.