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etc.), shop, or other part of a building, and all articles, apparatus, and
utensils therein, and shall be observed by persons engaged in such
room, shop, or part of a building."
Cartage of Food through the Streets.
Meat (butcher's meat, bacon, etc.). Objectionable practice of
carting meat (uncovered) in open carts through the streets, the carter
in dirty overalls sitting on the meat.
To avoid the possibility of the above, all meat should be conveyed
in properly made, insulated vans, same to be frequently cleansed,
lime-washed, etc.
Milk. Say milk leaves the depot perfectly cooled and clean. In
retail delivery this excellent condition is immediately destroyed—
dipping the milk into open cans, etc.
Mr. Straus, the American philanthropist and pioneer of pasteurised
milk depots, strongly condemned our methods of milk distribution.
He emphasised that milk should start pure and that every effort to
maintain purity should be made while the milk is on its way to the
consumer.
Ice Cream Manufacture.
These premises received constant attention during the season of
the year in which the business is carried on, and in many cases
necessary cleansing was ordered and later carried out.
Several of the premises situated in the small streets are of an unsuitable
nature for a business of this kind and require constant
inspection to keep them up to a reasonable standard.
In the case of street barrows a marked improvement has been
brought about. The objectionable glass, necessitating a supply of
clean water for washing, has by persuasion nearly disappeared, and
has been replaced by the "cornet" or the " wafer." I also have
pleasure in reporting that an increased number of traders have discontinued
making the cream themselves, procuring their supplies from
the wholesale manufacturer, either in the form of cream or ice-bricks.
This trade is generally conducted on the principle of "sale or return."
Slaughterhouses.
The following slaughterhouses in the Borough are at present licensed
by the L.C.C.—
180, Brockley Road. 13a, High Street.