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Ice Cream Vendors.—At the end of the year, 29 premises were
shown in the Register as places where ice-cream is prepared or sold.
There were 5 inspections of these premises as compared with 50 in the
previous year. This trade is mainly regulated under the Public Health
(London) Act, 1936. It is 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 must notify the occurrence of infectious disease
among their employees or persons living on their premises. The
Act also 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.
Fried Fish Vendors.—At the end of the year there were 6 premises
in which the frying of fish was carried on and 14 inspections of these
premises were made. It is found that a reasonable standard of cleanliness
is now being maintained, but it is necessary for the Inspectors to maintain
a constant vigilance to impress upon the vendors the necessity for the
systematic observance of cleanliness.
Inspection of Other Premises where Food is Prepared or Offered
for Sale.—The Inspectors keep under frequent observation all other
premises where food is prepared for or exposed for sale. Included in this
category are restaurants and premises used by provision dealers, butchers,
fishmongers and greengrocers for the purposes of their trades.
Table No. 33 (page 46) shows, for the past two years, the number of
inspections of premises where food was prepared for or exposed for sale.
UNSOUND FOOD.
The amount of food seized or voluntarily surrendered as
Unfit for human consumption showed a consider able
Increase on quantities condemned as compared with pre-
war years. 32 consignments of foodstuffs of
Various kinds were exam wed. A certificate was given
The owners after the articles were destroyed or
Rendered un saleable .
Inspection of food swaged from war-damaged premises
Food Poisoning.—No case of food poisoning occurred during the
year.
Food and Drugs Act, 1938, Four hundred
samples, were
taken and submitted for analysis during the year. These samples were
investigated by the Public Analyst to the Borough, whose Report is set
out in the appendix.
Each of the four male Sanitary Inspectors is appointed an Inspector
under the Acts. Under their direction, the taking of samples is effected
by individuals temporarily employed for the purpose, the services of
persons outside the Borough being frequently utilised.
The samples procured are of two kinds—formal and informal. Formal
samples are those taken strictly in conformity with the Act. Informal
samples are those taken without these strict formalities and afford useful
indication of the conditions without disclosing to the vendor that the
object of purchase is analysis.