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that the officers of the Public Health Department will be able to persuade all butchers to keep
their shop windows closed much more than is the case at the present time.
The precautions taken by those traders who retail meat from street stalls are not adequate.
Ice Cream.—At the end of the year, one hundred and sixty-nine premises were shown in
the Register of places within the Borough where ice cream is prepared or sold, two having been
removed during the year. The trade is mainly regulated under the London County Council
(General Powers) Act, 1902, which makes it an offence to store ice cream in a sleeping room or in
any shed or room in which there is an inlet to a drain. Vendors of ice cream are also required to
notify the occurrence of infectious disease among their employees or persons living on their premises.
The Act further provides that every itinerant vendor shall exhibit on his barrow the name and address
of the person from whom the ice cream has been obtained.
One hundred and eighty-three 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) Acts, 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-six bakehouses in the Borough, and of this number sixty-two
are underground. As a result of two hundred and fifty-nine inspections, which were made during
the year, seven 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. There
were, in addition to inspections of dairies, ice cream premises, etc., mentioned above, 1,501
inspections of premises where food is prepared or exposed for sale.
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.) 750
Cheese (lbs.) 75
Fish (stones) 26
Fish (canned) (tins) 82
Fruit (canned) (tins) 350
Game and Poultry (brace) 10
Meat (canned) (tins) 91
Milk (condensed) (tins) 79
Vegetables (canned) (tins) 176
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 Acts.—The Council's Food Inspector is the Inspector appointed under
these Acts and he is instructed to take samples in any place within the Borough. The samples
procured are of two kinds, namely, formal and informal.