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Registration of Food Premises.—The London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1932,
which received the Royal Assent on the 12th Juty last, requires the registration with the borough
council of premises used for the following purposes :—
(a) The sale, manufacture or storage of ice-cream ;
(b) (i) The preparation or manufacture of sausages, or potted, pressed, pickled
or preserved meat, fish or other food intended for sale ;
(ii) The cooking of meat or fish intended for sale.
Registration of ice-cream premises was previously provided for in the London County Council
(General Powers) Act, 1928, and at the end of the year, 166 premises were in the council's register.
Of these 69 are registered as premises where ice-cream is manufactured and sold, and the remaining
97 as premises where ice-cream is sold but not manufactured.
The 1928 Act, however, did not give the council power to refuse registration or to remove
premises from the register if they were found unsuitable. The present Act grants this power to
the council, not only in respect of ice-cream premises, but in respect of all others mentioned therein.
Premises which have been regarded as registerable under heading (b) above are those where
the following articles are prepared or manufactured or cooked :—
Sausages and allies—large and small, with or without skins.
Saveloys. Haggis.
Black puddings. Rissoles.
White puddings Bladders of lard.
Meat—potted, pressed, pickled, preserved.
Potted meat or head, tongues, etc.
Meat pastes.
Meat extracts.
Faggots.
Cooked meats, sheepshead, etc., pork.
Dripping.
Brawn.
Brisket (pressed).
Meat and pork (pressed).
,, ,,(pickled).
Meat pies, pork pies.
Trotters (pickled).
Hams
Bacon / boiled, cooked, smoked or cured or otherwis preserved.
Fish—potted, pressed, pickled, preserved.
Pastes—various. Pickled or soused fish.
Cured or dried fish. Canned fish.
Eel pies and jellied eels. Fried fish.
Other Foods—potted, pressed, pickled, preserved.
Canned soups containing meat.
Hors d'oeuvres, if containing meat or fish.
Applications for registration in respect of 240 premises were received up to the end of the
year ; and of this number 194 have been registered. In the remaining cases, 14 were found to be
outside the scope of the Act, and 32 were held over pending the completion of minor works.
The following is a summary of the various types of premises which have been registered :—
1. Manufacture of ice-cream 69
2. Storage of ice-cream 97
3. Butchers' shops, including premises used for the manufacture of sausages
and the preservation of meat 89
4. Cooked meat shops 57
5. Fishmongers' premises—premises used for the purpose of cooking or curing
fish (excluding fried fish shops) 12
6. Fried fish shops 36
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Under section 6 of the Act, power is given to the London county council to make by-laws
in regard to food premises ; so far, none has been made, but draft by-laws are under consideration.