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Margarine
There were 13 premises registered in 1955 for the business of a
wholesale dealer in Margarine. There have been very few alterations
in regard to this since the war.
Street Markets
There are 4 main Street Markets in the Borough, namely, Chapel
Market, Exmouth Market, Farringdon Road and Whitecross Markets, and a
total of 590 stalls are licensed by the Council of which 178 are food
stalls. The amount of food sold by stallholders forms quite a large
proportion of the retail trade in the Borough. The Pood Inspectors
visit the Market Streets every day and during 1955 some 2,209 inspections
were made. In addition the storage accommodation used by
licensed traders is inspected annually.
The supervision of the Market Streets has received the close
attention of the officers and the appropriate Committees of the
Council during the past year with particular reference to the provision
of bins by the stallholders and keeping the streets free of
litter., The Borough Engineer arranges for the daily collection of
the refuse and has endeavoured to effect improvements by a more frequent
clearing where necessary.
The maintenance of a satisfactory standard of hygiene in the
handling of food has been one of the most difficult Public Health problems
of recent years and closely related with this the adequate control
of refuse and litter from the stalls. Some improvements in the
conditions has been effected lately but they still remain in a far
from satisfactory state Not only do they often render the food sold
liable to contamination but also and probably more important they have
an unfavourable influence on the minds of the public in relation to
Pood Hygiene.
Licensed Premises and Public Houses
Finsbury has 132 licensed premises all but 9 of which are public
houses. The number of inspections carried out during the year was
147 of which 47 were visits in connection with the transfer of
licences and other matters under the Licensing Act, 1953. In this
way the Licensing Justices are advised of unsatisfactory conditions
particularly of insufficiency of sanitary accommodation for customers
in public houses.
Matters requiring remedy under the Public Health or Food & Drugs
Act are dealt with in accordance with these Acts.