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Street Tracers.—The Regulations made in accordance
with the provisions of the London County Council (General
Powers) Act, 1927, requiring the licensing by this Council of
all persons who are engaged in street trading, continue to
operate. This licence shows the place where the trader not only
sells his goods, but also where they are stored, and in this
way we are able to pay particular attention to the premises and
the manner in which articles of food intended for sale from
barrows and stalls in the streets are stored and prepared for sale.
At the end of the year 61 licences had been issued, of
which 34 refer to premises above-mentioned.
Unsound Food.—No seizures of unsound food were made
during the year, but a number of tradesmen voluntarily
surrendered certain articles of food as unwholesome or unfit
for the food of man, particulars of which are set out on page 40.
Ice Cream Premises.—There were 158 premises known
at the commencement of the year where the manufacture or sale
of this commodity was carried on; 10 have been added during the
year and 24 taken off, leaving a total of 144 premises. These
premises were inspected on 152 occasions, improvement required
by way of cleansing of the premises in 5 cases, insanitary conditions
remedied in 3 instances. There was no instance where
the ice cream was found to be improperly stored.
Bakehouses.—One hundred and nineteen inspections have
been made of the various bakehouses in the Borough, and 28
nuisances found therein have been abated.
At the end of the year there were 5 Factory and 37 other
Bakehouses on the Register, 13 of which are underground.
Food and Drugs Acts.—Four hundred and thirty-nine
samples have been purchased under the provisions of the Sale
of Food and Drugs Acts and submitted to the Public Analyst for
analysis, of which 420 were certified to be genuine and 19
adulterated, the adulterations thus being equivalent to 4.3 per
cent. of the samples taken, as compared with 3.6 per cent.
last year.
Of the total number of samples purchased, 77 were milk,
of which 3 were certified to be adulterated; 66 were butter,
of which 2 were found to be adulterated; the remaining adulterated
samples were 4 of vinegar, 5 of sausages, 2 of sago, and
1 each of dripping, jam and pearl barley.
It was only considered necessary to take legal proceedings
in respect of one of the 19 adulterated cases.