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At the end of the year 105 licences had been issued, of
which 83 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 unlit
for the food of man, particulars of which are set out on page
Ice Cream Premises.—Under the London County Council
(General Powers) Act, 1928, all premises used for the sale or
the manufacture for the purpose of sale of ice cream or otheir
similar commodity or the storage of same are now compul'sorily
registered. Circulars were sent to all Ice Cream Vendors in
the Borough informing them of their obligations under the Act,
with a result that 114 premises have been duly registered. These
premises were inspected on 120 occasions, and insanitary conditions
remedied in four cases, whilst five premises required
cleansing generally.
Unfortunately the Local Authority has no definite power
to refuse to place on the register any premises which have been
found unsuitable for the manufacture, sale or storage of Ice
Cream.
Bakehouses.—One hundred and five inspections have been
made of the various bakehouses in the Borough, and 30 nuisances
found therein have been abated.
At the end of the year there were 19 Factory and 23
other Bakehouses on the Register, 11 of which were underground.
Food and Drugs Acts. — Four hundred and forty-one
samples have been purchased under the provisions of the Food
and Drugs (Adulteration) Act, 1928, and submitted to the Public
Analyst for analysis, of which 426 were certified to be genuine
and 15 adulterated, etc., including 1 informal sample, the
adulterations thus being equivalent to 3.5 per oenit. of the
samples taken, as compared with 4.3 per cent, last year.
Of the total number of samples purchased, 93 were milk,
of which 5 were certified to be adulterated (including 1 informal),
56 were butter, all of which were genuine, 43 were rice, of
which 3 were found to be adulterated; the remaining adulterated
samples were 2 of cake and 1 each of vinegar, sausages, oatmeal,
dripping and medicine.
It was only considered necessary to take legal proceedings
in respect of one of the 15 adulterated cases.