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Businesses of Fried Fish Vendors and Rag and Bone Dealers.
Under the terms of Sec. 114, Public Health (London) Act, 1891,
and Sec. 9, London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1908, the
County Council made bye-laws with respect to these businesses.
As stated above, there are 9 Fried Fish Shops in the Borough.
There are also 2 premises where the business of a dealer in Rags and
Bones is carried on. All these premises are kept under supervision by
the Food Inspector.
Number and Condition of Slaughterhouses.
There are now only two slaughterhouses in the Borough, viz.,
Nos. 17 and 69, High Street.
There is no public abattoir in the Borough.
Unsound Food Seized or Surrendered.
The following is a list of food seized or voluntarily surrendered
during the year:—
30 lb. Corned Beef.
1 tin Prawns (7¾ lbs.).
27 cwt. Onions.
4 cwt. 3 qrs. 4 lbs. Potatoes.
Action taken with regard to Dairies, Cowsheds and Milkshops.
The Food Inspector supervises the dairies and milkshops. There
are now no cowsheds in the Borough.
The number of premises in respect of which persons are registered
as purveyors of milk is 89, comprising 43 dairies, 13 bakehouses and
confectioners, 18 restaurants and coffee shops, and 15 general shops.
During the year 194 inspections were made and 5 notices were served.
Milk and Dairies (Amendment) Act, 1922.
This Act imposes upon Local Authorities the obligation of compiling
two registers of milk dealers, one wholesale and one retail, and
empowered them, under certain conditions, to refuse to register a retail
purveyor of milk, or to remove a person already registered from the
register.