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Two licences to pasteurise, and one to sterilise milk were issued,
and are included in the above figures.
Details of examination of samples of pasteurised and sterilised
milk are given on page (39).
Ice Cream Premises.
The number of premises registered for the manufacture, storage,
and/or sale of ice cream at the end of the year was 176, 76 having
been added and 5 removed during the course of the year.
One application for registration was refused on the ground
of unsuitability of the premises. The applicant did not exercise
his right of appeal to the Court.
All these premises are regularly inspected, 490 visits being made.
Particular attention is paid to premises where manufacture takes place,
and not only are the premises, plant, and methods of operation
scrutinised, but samples of the products are taken for examination by
the methods suggested by the Ministry of Health. The premises
generally are found to be well conducted. Further reference to
sampling of ice cream will be found on page (40).
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 55 such shops in the Borough in 1951. 278 inspections
were made, and 4 notices were 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) 1,049 tins, 1 box
Fish (wet) 25 boxes
Meat and sausages (preserved)... 1,644 tins,
3 tons 17 cwts. 1½bs.
Meat and sausages (fresh) ... 19 cwts. 2 qtrs. 1 st. 1 lb.
Poultry and game ... ... 30 tins, 1 case, 4 cwts. 1 st. 8 lbs.
Vegetables (preserved) 1,645 tins
Vegetables (fresh) 15 cwts.
Fruit and fruit juices (preserved) 1,859 tins
Fruit and fruit juices (fresh) ...6 cases, 2 bushels, 5 cwts.
2 qtrs. 1 st. 10 lbs.
Milk 1,238 tins
Eggs (shell) 627
Fats 1 tin, 2½ lbs.
Cheese ... 206 tins and pkts., 3 cwts. 3 qtrs. 1 st. 4½ lbs.
Cakes and biscuits 1 cwt. 4½ lbs.