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MEAT AND OTHER FOODS.
Registration of Food Premises.
The following is a summary of premises in the Borough which
have been registered in accordance with the provisions of Section 187
of the Public Health (London) Act, 1936.
Manufacturer of Ice Cream 185*
Storage and Sale of Ice Cream 214
Manufacture of Sausages 163
Preparation or Manufacture of Potted or Preserved
Meat or Fish 319
Cooked Meat Shops 156
Fishmonger Shops 58
Fried Fish Shops 89
* Ice Cream was not prepared or sold at 94 of these registered premises.
All these premises were regularly inspected by the Food
Inspector, and it was found necessary to serve 125 notices during
the period January to December, 1937, in respect of unsatisfactory
conditions existing at certain of these premises.
Meat Regulations, 1924.
These regulations provide that no person may slaughter an
animal for sale for human consumption without first giving notice
to the Council of his intention to do so ; they are also designed
to protect meat from contamination in shops, on stalls and during
transit. A register is kept of all meat vendors and the number of
entries appearing in this register at the end of 1937 was 163. Regular
visits of inspection to these premises and stalls were made during
the year. There were no infringements of the regulations to record
which justified the institution of legal proceedings.
Slaughterhouses.
There are two licensed slaughterhouses in the Borough.
Seventy-six inspections of these premises were made during the
year while slaughtering was in progress. The number of animals
slaughtered during the period January to December, 1937, totalled
523.