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County Council (General Powers) Act, 1902, gives certain powers of
control and defines certain conditions which must be observed pertaining
to the manufacture, storage and sale of ice cream with the object of
ensuring clean and sanitary conditions.
Itinerant vendors have to exhibit the name and address of the
manufacturer on the barrow. In addition the London County Council
(General Powers) Act, 1908 prescribes certain sanitary provisions
which must be complied with in any premises in which any article
intended for food is sold, prepared for sale, etc., etc. The Public
Health (London) Act, 1891, Section 47, empowers Medical Officers of
Health and Sanitary Inspectors to enter any premises and inspect any
food sold or exposed for sale, or deposited in any place for the purpose
of sale or of preparation for sale.
The question of the composition of ice cream, a most important
matter, is now engaging attention with a view to arriving at a standard.
The sooner this is settled the better.
The Milk and Dairies Order, 1926.
Under Section 19, Sub-sections 1 to 4, four cases occurred during
1927, in which young men employed in connection with dairies were
examined in view of the fact that they had been in contact with a
person suffering from an infectious disease. In two cases the disease
was Diphtheria, and in two, Scarlet Fever. In the former cases the
youths were kept off work for twenty-four hours pending the result of
swabs. In all four cases the milk vessels and the perambulators were
scoured thoroughly. The firms cordially co-operated. The numerous
sections of the Order have been applied and have been satisfactorily
met. A point of interest under Section 6 is that a dairyman and his
premises must both be registered. A person who sells unopened bottles
of milk in a shop must be registered as a dairyman, but the premises
are not registrable as dairy premises. The expression "purveyor of
milk" includes a seller of milk, whether wholesale or by retail. The
expression "dairyman" includes any occupier of a dairy or any purveyor
of milk. Your Medical Officer visited all premises from which
unopened bottles of milk are sold. Vendors were instructed not to
open any bottle with a view to selling one pennyworth, etc.
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