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(vii) Merchandise Marks Act, 1926.
Under this Act certain imported goods are required to bear an
indication of origin when exposed for sale. The Sanitary Inspectors
supervise, generally, such of the requirements of these Acts as are
enforceable by the Borough Council.
Butter Factories and Wholesale Dealers in Margarine.
There is now no butter factory in the Borough.
At the end of the year only two traders were registered as wholesale
dealers in Margarine :—
304, High Road, Kilburn—Messrs. Maypole Dairy Co., Ltd.
233, Finchley Road—Messrs. Lipton, Ltd.
(viii) Stalls and Vehicles (including Street Traders).
The Bye-laws with regard to street trading relate, inter alia, to
the protection of the food from contamination, the storing of refuse
in suitable covered receptacles, etc. Applications by Stallholders for
licences to sell foodstuffs are referred to the Public Health Department
prior to the issue of a licence, and in those cases where the food
is stored in the Borough, the premises are inspected. In those
instances in which the place of storage is situated in another district,
an inquiry is addressed to the Medical Officer of Health of that area
concerning the sanitary condition of the premises.
Inspection of food sold from street stalls is carried out by the
Sanitary Inspectors.
(ix) Food Poisoning.
Cases of food poisoning or suspected food poisoning are required
to be notified to the Medical Officer of Health. During the year, four
cases were notified; all of which were subsequently investigated by
the staff of this department.
London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1908.
This Act is found to be of considerable use in ensuring that the
food supply shall not be contaminated. Infringements of the law are
usually abated upon the occupier's attention being directed to the
matter. Legal proceedings were instituted under Section 8 in one
outstanding case discovered during the year by a Sanitary Inspector,
in which the practice of storing in a water closet articles of food used