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Ice Cream Vendors.
There are 201 premises in the borough from which ice cream
is sold, 8 of these being occupied by Italian vendors by whom this
article of food is sold from barrows.
All the premises, stalls, barrows, &c., from which the trade
is carried on are kept under daily inspection during the season.
During 1925, 1 of the ice cream premises was removed from the
register and 12 were added. There was, therefore, an increase of 11
in the number of premises compared with 1924.
During the year 336 inspections were made and 17 notices
were served to remedy defects found on inspection. In addition,
during the same season a daily inspection of street barrows and the
utensils, glasses, towels, &c., used thereon was carried out.
The improvement in the manner in which this commodity is
now sold, referred to in a previous report, is being maintained.
Milk (Special Designations) Order, 1923.
Under this Order the Council are authorised to issue licences
to others than producers (i.e., persons producing milk for sale from
herds over which they have control). The licences so granted are
available for a period up to the end of the year in which they were
issued. There is a scale of fees payable to the Licensing Authority
by applicants for licences.

Milk Shops.
The number of premises from which milk is sold in Battersea
is 147, as compared with 128 last year. Three new premises were
registered during the year for the sale of milk. All milk shops
are kept under inspection and during the year 818 inspections
were carried out and 12 notices were served to remedy defects
found on inspection. These mainly referred to dirty and unsuitable
premises and other minor defects.
Included in the above are 16 new premises in which sterilised
milk in sealed bottles only is sold, and these were informally registered.
It is questionable whether these premises come within the
provisions of the statutory requirements as to registration. In view
of the fact, however, that there is a risk in small shops that the
bottles may be opened and portions of the contents sold, it would
appear to be desirable that the occupiers of these premises should
not be excluded from the statutory obligation to be registered as
purveyors of milk.
* Including one "supplementary" licence.