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PREMISES USED FOR THE PREPARATION OF FOOD
Under the provisions of Section 14- of the Food & Drugs Act, 1933,
premises used for the preparation of certain specified articles of food
must be registered with the local authority.
At the end of 1950 there were fifty-eight premises on the
Register relating to the preparation of preserved foods and one-hundred
and seventy-eight premises on the Register relating to the manufacture or
sale of Ice Cream, the latter being analysed as follows
Premises registered for manufacture,
storage and sale of Ice Cream 18
Premises registered for storage and
sale of Ice Cream 16
Premises registered only for sale of
Ice Cream 114
Total = 178
MILK & DAIRIES REGULATIONS. 1949
The registration of purveyors of liquid milk is regulated by
the above, and the Register contains details of forty-seven dairy premises
in the Borough.
In addition there are fifty-three shops, the occupiers of which
are registered to sell milk which is not supplied otherwise than in
properly closed and unopened receptacles in which it is delivered to their
premises 0
During the year 1950, four hundred and thirty visits of
inspection were made to these dairies and milkshops.
BAKEHOUSES
There are in the Borough 36 bakehouses, ten of which are
"basement" bakehouses0
Special reference was made to basement bakehouses in the Annual
Report for 1949, during which year the quinquennial survey was carried
out. On 28th November, 1949? the owners of nine basement bakehouses
were given notice that the certificate of suitability should cease to have
effect at the expiration of twelve months, i.e. on 28th November, 1950.