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Two hundred and thirty-nine visits to ice cream premises were made by the Inspectors during
the year.
The powers under the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, and the London County Council
(General Powers) Act, 1902 and 1908, enable the Council to exercise efficient control where the
vendors and premises are known, but, inasmuch as ice cream may be made under unsatisfactory
conditions on premises other than those where it is stored, a system of compulsory registration of
premises where the commodity is manufactured, stored or sold and of itinerant vendors of ice cream
should be introduced.
In addition, by-laws are needed to secure the sale of ice cream from street barrows being
conducted under clean conditions.
Bakehouses.—There are eighty-nine bakehouses in the Borough, and of this number
sixty-seven are underground. As a result of two hundred and ninety-six inspections, which were
made during the year, four notices were served for the cleansing of walls and ceilings.
Other Places Where Food is Prepared.—In addition to the above-mentioned
premises, other places in the Borough where food is prepared or exposed for sale are required
to be kept in accordance with the provisions of the London County Council (General Powers) Act,
1908. During the year, 2,322 inspections of food premises were made.
Unsound Food—Under the provisions of Section 47 of the Public Health (London) Act,
1891, any persons having in their possession food intended for sale which is diseased or unsound,
or unfit for human consumption may surrender it to the Council for destruction as trade refuse.
The unsound food surrendered and destroyed during the year is shown in the following list :—
Apples (lbs.) 41
Cherries (bushels) 86
Fish (stones) 50
Fish (canned) (tins) 222
Fruit (canned) (tins) 293
Meat (canned) (tins) 23
Milk and Cream (canned) (tins) 86
Pears (boxes) 50
Pickles (lbs.) 10
Poultry (lbs.) 10
Vegetables (canned) (tins) 80
In no instance was any unsound food seized under the Public Health (London) Act by the
Council's Food Inspector.
Sale of Food and Drugs Act.—Prior to July 1st, each of the ten Sanitary Inspectors in the
Borough acted in the capacity of an Inspector under the Sale of Food and Drugs Acts. There was
a rota of Inspectors who, in turn, took samples in various parts of the Borough. When the new
officer appointed in connection with the Public Health (Meat) Regulations, 1924, took up his duties,
the work of taking samples under the Sale of Food and Drugs Acts devolved upon him.
Samples procured are of two kinds, namely, formal and informal.