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Particular attention is paid to premises where manufacture
takes place. 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. There are 4 such
premises registered in the Borough.
Butchers' Shops.
There are 71 butchers' shops in the Borough, and in addition a
number of shops where cooked meats are sold. All these shops are
systematically inspected, 967 visits having been made during the year.
In general, the shops are well conducted, but 27 notices concerning noncompliance
with the Food Hygiene Regulations were served.
Two shops where horseflesh is sold for human food are included
among the butchers' shops mentioned above.
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 are 45 such shops in the Borough. 220 inspections were made,
and 15 notices served in respect of breaches of the Food Hygiene
Regulations.
Preserved Food Premises.
Section 16 (b) of the Food and Drugs Act, 1955, provides for the
registration of premises used for the preparation or manufacture of
sausages or potted, pressed, pickled or preserved food intended for saleA
total of 101 premises were registered at the end of the year. In
addition to butchers and fish shops, 37 inspections of other preserved
food premises were carried out, and 41 notices served under the Food
Hygiene Regulations.
Catering Establishments.
All restaurants, cafes, canteens and kitchens are regularly inspected
throughout the year. There are 211 of these premises on the Register,
and 798 inspections were made.
Food 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 has not been found possible at present to implement the question
of washing facilities for stalls, as provided for in the Food Hygiene
Regulations, in any very satisfactory manner. As a temporary measure
it has been agreed, providing the stallholder has access to washing
facilities in an adjoining shop or house and has obtained permission
to use them, he need not, at present, provide means of hand washing at
his stall. Such arrangements have been made individually by the
stallholders and these have been investigated by the Public Health
Inspectors and reported as satisfactory.
Festival Pleasure Gardens, Battersea Park.
Regular inspections are made of catering establishments in these
Gardens. Any alterations to such premises entailing drainage work
are carried out under the jurisdiction of Council officers. Many
thousands of visitors use these Gardens, and there was no recorded
case of an illness being traced to food purchased in the Gardens.