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Fish Shops.
Shops in which fish, either cooked or uncooked, is sold, or where
the curing or smoking of fish is carried on, are regularly inspected.
There were 57 such shops in the Borough in 1949. 226 inspections
were made, and 1 notice was served, for minor matters which were
remedied without difficulty.
Street Stalls.
All street stalls from which food for human consumption is sold
are regularly inspected and, where the food sold is stored in the Borough,
the storage places are also inspected. It was not found necessary
to take any formal action during the year.
Unsound Food.
The following table gives particulars of the unsound foodstuffs
which, under the provisions of the Public Health (London) Act, 1936,
Section 180 (8), were voluntarily surrendered to the Council. Most
of these foodstuffs were ultimately used for the manufacture of
animal feeding stuffs.
Fish (preserved) 1,634 tins, 15 boxes
„ (fresh) 94 boxes, 69 lbs.
Meat and sausages (preserved)
1,025 tins, 1 case, 9 lbs.
Meat and sausages (fresh) 1,879¼ lbs., 8 cases, 1 box, 1 barrel
Poultry 520 lbs.
Vegetables (preserved) 1,478 tins, 172 lbs.
„ (fresh) l½ cwts.
Fruit and fruit juices (preserved)
734 tins, 150 lbs.
Fruit and fruit juices (fresh) 57 boxes, 10 cases, 6 casks, 2,259½lbs.
Milk 1,963 ins
Eggs (shell) 1,475
„ (dried) 7 tins
Fats 467½ lbs.
Suet 10½lbs.
Cheese 524½lbs., 110 packets
Bread and biscuits 1 case, 16¼ lbs.
Cakes 163½lbs.
Flour and cereals 1,110 lbs., 68 tins and packets
Tea 1¾ lbs.
Sugar 639 lbs.
Jams, syrups and preserves 402 tins and jars
Pickles and sauces 821 jars and bottles
Paste (meat and fish) 117 tins and jars
Patent foods and beverages 52 lbs., 4 tins
Sweets and chocolate 11¼ lbs., 141 bars, 24 packets
Baking powder 3 tins
Puddings 16 tins
Soups 154 tins and packets
Gravy powder 168 packets
Six cases of the presence of foreign matter in food were reported
during the year. All were reported to the Health Committee, on
whose instructions they were dealt with by cautionary letter.