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human consumption, and in connection with the sale or exposure for
sale in the open air of food intended for human consumption. They
are, of course, in addition to and not in substitution for, other statutory
requirements on the same subjects (e.g., Section 13 of the Food and
Drugs Act, 1938).
A copy of the By-laws was sent to each food trader in the Borough,
and they will all subsequently be visited at a later date by one of the
Sanitary Inspectors; who, in addition to ascertaining whether the Bylaws
are being complied with, will offer advice to the trader on any
aspect of them on which he may be in doubt.
Talks to School Children.
By arrangement with the London County Council as Education
Authority, two of the Sanitary Inspectors visited a number of local
schools at various times during the year and gave talks to the pupils
on hygiene in the kitchen, and on clean milk production. Arrangements
were also made for parties of pupils to visit food factories and milk
processing depots.
These talks and visits were greatly appreciated and are undoubtedly
of considerable educational value.
Festival Pleasure Gardens, Battersea Park.
In the Annual Report for 1951, an account was given of the
catering arrangements in these Gardens and of the control exercised
over them by the Council's Officers.
The Gardens were again open to the public for the period of about
six months during 1952. The attendance was considerably below that
of 1951, but the catering arrangements were maintained on practically
the same scale. The close supervision described in the 1951 Report was
therefore continued, with even more satisfactory results, the standards of
hygiene attained being in every way satisfactory. Once again, it is
gratifying to record that no case of serious illness was traced to any
food consumed in the Gardens, nor was any complaint of any substance
made about the catering arrangements.
Slaughterhouses.
There is only one licensed slaughterhouse in the Borough. Its
use ceased about the middle of 1950 and has not been resumed.
Butchers' Shops.
There are 75 butchers' shops in the Borough, and in addition a
number of shops where cooked meats are sold. All these shops are
systematically inspected, 1,038 visits having been made during the year.
In general, the shops are well conducted, and no formal action was
found necessary.
Four shops where horseflesh is sold for human food are included
in the above figure.
About the middle of the year it was found that the conditions
under which horseflesh intended for human food was being transported
and delivered to shops in the Borough left much to be desired On