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unsuitable premises. It is also to be regretted that opportunity was not taken
in connection with the promotion of this legislation to include a definition of
ice cream. Previous legislation dealing with the matter is contained in the
London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1902.
The advantage of registration is that the existence of premises where ice
cream is made, stored or sold, will be brought to the knowledge of the local
authority; this information will enable the officers of the local authority to. see
that the provisions of the Act of 1902 are complied with.
The matter was of some importance in Holborn because of the large quantity
of ice cream manufactured in the area known as the "Italian Colony;" although,
owing to the closing and demolition of a number of houses in this area, the quantity
of ice cream made in the Borough is much less than in previous years. In
connection with the registration of such premises in the Borough a memorandum
on the manufacture, storage and sale of ice cream was prepared by the Medical
Officer of Health in 1928, and a copy is furnished to every applicant for registration
(see A.B., 1928, p. 42).
During the year there were 25 premises in the Borough where ice cream was
manufactured, and in addition to my inspections 46 inspections of these premises
were made.
In one case an Inspector reported that a basement ice cream store was dirty
and lumbered up, the unfrozen cream not properly covered and the approach to
the basement dirty. A communication sent to the responsible occupier resulted
in steps being at once taken to remedy the objectionable conditions.

Nowadays the hygienic standard m large factories where ice cream is made is
so high that the arrangements for making ice cream in smaller places suffer by
comparison. There is no essential reason why ice cream should not be manufactured
hygienically in these smaller places, but at the same time owing to this
increasing tendency of large manufacturers to undertake the making of ice cream
it behoves the makers of smaller quantities to have careful regard to the conditions
under which the commodity is made.
Where ice cream sold in the Borough is made at premises outside Holborn. it
is our practice to ask for information as to the conditions of manufacture from the
Medical Officer of Health of the area concerned. On the other hand, we receive a
number of such enquiries from other districts respecting ice cream made in
Holborn, principally in the "Italian Colony," and sold in other districts,