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Pood premises
(all categories)
No. of
premises
No. of
inspections
Bakehouses - underground 13 24
" - others 16 14
Bread and cake shops 45 19
Butchers 81 140
Dairies 87 284
Fishmongers 47 32
Food factories 6 5
General stores 10 109
Greengrocers 115 15
Grocers 240 178
Ice-cream 343 103
Preserved food 28 28
Public houses and off-
licences 161 42
Restaurants and cafes 263 179
Sweet shops 168 12
Street markets, stalls and
storage premises 82 (lic161
ensed traders.
)
Clean Food Campaign
Copies of the London County Council's Byelaws for the
protection of food, together with a list of practical
suggestions and explanatory notes on specific matters were
sent to all food traders in the borough. The explanatory
notes dealt with food handling and disease and the protection
of food at all stages from contamination.
The Council's Sanitary Inspectors undertook special
inspections with the object of discussing individual problems
with the traders and offering suggestions for securing
compliance with the Byelaws.
In view of the educational and co-operative character of
the work, the service ofnoticeswas avoided but as an
alternative, informal letters incorporating the suggestions
of the inspector were sent where appropriate. In most cases,
the immediate response of the traders to th6 suggestions offered,
rendered unnecessary any further action.
The next step towards the goal of clean food will be the
enforcement of the new Food and Drugs Act, and Food Hygiene
Regulations made thereunder, which came into operation on 1st
Januaryy 1956.
Milk (Special Designations) (Raw Milk) Regulations, 1949
During the year licences under these Regulations were
granted as follows:-
Principal
Supplementary
Dealers licensed to sell
Tuberculin Tested Milk;
102
20
Forty samples of Tuberculin Tested milk were submitted
for examination during the year. Seven failed to pass the
prescribed tests and in each case particulars were forwarded
to the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. The
following table summarises the details of the samples taken:-