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The above table shows the number of premises entered in or removed from the Register.
Eighteen businesses changed hands, the transfer necessitating the substitution in the Register of the
name of the purchaser for that of the vendor. In the case of the 8 milkshops shown in the table
as "vacated," the occupiers either left the neighbourhood or gave up the sale of milk on the premises
in respect of which they were registered. Sixteen applications for registration were received and
granted in respect of premises which had not been previously occupied as milkshops, the net result
of the alterations made in the Register being that the number of persons purveying milk in general
stores has remained unaltered, whilst the total number of premises in the Borough where milk is sold
has been increased from 196 to '204. It is accordingly satisfactory to note that the reduction in the
number of third-rate milkshops, which was effected in 1910 by the removal from the Register of 84
general stores, seems likely to be permanent. The inspections of dairies and milkshops made
during the year numbered 1,362, and notices were served requiring the remedy of defects which
were found on 19 of the premises visited.
Cowsheds.—The only milk produced within the Borough comes from a small cowshed in the
Walmer Road, where four cows are kept. On September 21st the premises were viewed, and no
opposition was offered to the renewal of the occupier's license. The license was accordingly
renewed by the London County Council at the licensing sessions held in October, but the applicant's
request for permission to increase the number of cows from four to ten was refused.
Ice Cream.—At the end of the year 171 premises were shown in the Register of places within
the Borough where ice cream is prepared or sold. Sixty-seven places have been added to the
Register and 69 have been removed during the year, the net result being that the number of
premises upon which ice cream is made has been decreased by two. The trade is 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 amongst their employes or
amongst 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. 184 visits to ice cream premises have been made by the inspectors during the year, and
14 notices have been served in respect of defects found.
PLACES WHERE FOOD IS PREPARED.
Places in the Borough where food is prepared or sold are entered in a Register under the date
on which they were finally inspected and found to comply with the requirements of the London
County Council (General Powers) Act, 1908. The following table shows the number of such
premises on the Register at the end of the years 1911 and 1912, together with the number added
to or removed from the Register during the twelve months to which the report relates:—
Provision
Dealers.
Restaurants.
Butchers.
Fried Fish.
Fishmongers.
Greengrocers.
Others.
Total.
On Register
Dec. 30th, 1911
212
155
107
43
36
44
7
604
No. added
34
13
9
2
11
20
3
92
Removed
4
6
1
2
—
2
15
On Register
Dec. 31st, 1912
242
162
115
43
47
62
10
681