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INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF
FOOD AND FOOD PREMISES.
Registration of Food Premises.
The following table indicates the number of premises in
Camberwell at the end of the year which were registered with
the local authority as required by Section 14 of the Food and
Drugs Act, 1938:—
Sale, manufacture or storage of ice cream ... ... ...420
Manufacture of sausages ... ... ... ... ...139
Preparation or manufacture of:—
Potted, pressed, pickled or preserved meat ... ... 218
Potted, pickled or preserved fish ... ... ... ... 91
Potted, pickled or preserved other foods ... ... 33
Supervision of Food Premises.
The district sanitary inspectors are responsible for the
supervision and periodical inspection of all premises where food
is manufactured, processed, stored or sold. The numbers of
visits made to each type of premises during 1952 are set out in
the following table: —
No. of
Inspections.
Type of Premises.
Bakehouses ... ... ... ... ... ...60
Bakers and Confectioners ... ... ... ... 94
Butchers ... ... ... ... ... ... 72
Cooked and Preserved Meat Shops ... ... 7
Dairies and Milkshops ... ... ... ... 81
Fishmongers and Shell Fish Vendors ... ... 20
Fish Fryers ... ... ... ... ... ... 105
Fish Curers ... ... ... ... ... ... 977
Food Factories ... ... ... ... ... 42
Ice Cream vendors ... ... ... ... ... 557
Public Houses ... ... ... ... ... 42
Restaurants and Eating Houses ... ... ... 521
Slaughterhouses ... ... ... ... ... 18
Street Markets ... ... ... ... ... 1729
Street Traders Food Stores ... ... ... 15
Other Food Premises ... ... ... ... 2,532
Total ... ... ... ... 6,172
By-laws for the Protection of Foods.
These By-Laws which were made by the London County
Council on 15th July 1952, came into operation on 3rd November