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Annual Report of the London County Council, 1914.
the information thus available an 1 shows the number of these premises in each metropolitan borougl
and other particulars :—
Metropolitan borough.
N umber of places.
No. of
inspections,
1914.
No. of
prosecutions,
1914.
On register
at end of
1913.
Added in
1914.
Removed
in
1914.
On register
at end of
1914.
City of London
269
Battersea
188
22
14
196
683
—
Bermondsey
114
24
39
99
110
—
Bethnal Green
123
8
12
U9
277
—
Camberwell
268
10
11
267
448
—
Chelsea
27
—
—
27
32
—
Deptford
138
25
18
145
237
2
Finsbury
100
9
8
101
120
—
Fulham
133
1
16
118
146
—
Greenwich
117
13
4
126
137
—
Hackney
198
—
13
185
209
—
Hammersmith
199
35
4
230
142
—
Hampstead
81
7
5
83
208
—
Holborn
54
21
10
65
128
—
Islington
239
27
20
246
145
—
Kensington
185
15
3
197
291
—
Lambeth
Not stated
—
Lewisham
Not stated
—
Faddington
116
10
6
120
114
—
Poplar
120
2
—
122
262
—
St. Marylebone
105
18
6
117
128
—
St. Pancras
491
325
220
—
Shoreditch
98
2
19
81
177
—
Southwark
114
172
442
1
Stepney
231
22
25
228
418
—
Stoke Newington
Not stated
—
Wandsworth
346
15
15
346
531
—
Westminster, City of
180
5
5
180
201
—
Woolwich
82
5
4
83
132
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Ice-cream
premises.
Further powers for the sanitary control of premises upon which food is prepared for sale are
conferred upon sanitary authorities by section 8 of the London County Council (General Powers)
Act of 1908, which provides against contamination of food by urinals, waterclosets, ashpits, etc. ; also
requires that the water supply shall be free from contamination by any watercloset and prohibits drain
inlets within the building and the deposit of refuse beyond that which is required for the purposes
of the trade; and, moreover, requires due cleanliness to be observed in regard to the room or shop
and the apparatus and utensils and persons employed in it. A considerable amount of work has been
done in London under these powers, various conditions having been satisfactorily remedied.
Other
premises
where food is
prepared for
sale.
The annual reports of medical omcers ot health supply information as to the number of premises
inspected and the number of inspections as shown in the following table :—
Metropolitan borough.
Premises used
for the
preparation
and sale of
food.(a)
Number
of
inspections.
Metropolitan borough.
Premises used
for the
preparation
and sale of
food, (a)
Number
of
inspections.
City of London
Kensington
725
1,126
Battersea
1,019
Lambeth
248
Bermondsey
Lewisham
44
44
Bethnal Green
220
952
Paddington
363
762
Camberwell
172
407
Poplar
300
991
Chelsea
69
91
St. Marylebone
269
803
Deptford
126
392
St. Pancras
4,961
Finsbury
202
226
Shoreditch
194
Fulham
Not stated
Southwark
1,247
2,075
Greenwich
119
209
Stepney
432
901
Hackney
129
85
Stoke Newington
401
Hammersmith
Wandsworth
269
359
Hampstead
414
830
Westminster, City of..
1,550
5,286
Holborn
293
1,830
Woolwich
150
Islington
587
13,149
Inspection of food.
A very considerable amount of work is done throughout London in connection with the protection
of the food supply, and in nearly all the reports mention is made of seizures and surrenders not only of
meat but of unsound or unwholesome food of every description.
(a) Other than bakehouses, milkshops, slaughterhouses, and ice-cream premises. In some cases the figures
relate to restaurant-kitchens only.