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used for the manufacture, storage or sale of ice cream. The London County
Council (General Powers) Act, 1932, amends the registration requirement so that
the sanitary authority may now refuse to register, or may remove from the register,
any premises that are unsuitable. These provisions do not apply to any premises
used as a club, hotel or restaurant. It is to be regretted that opportunity was not
taken in connection with the promotion of this legislation to include a definition
of ice cream.

In addition to my inspections, 87 inspections of these premises were made.
The matter is 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.R., 1928, p. 42).

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.
Public Health (Meat) Regulations, 1924.
These Regulations came into operation on the 1st April, 1925; they deal with
slaughter-houses, meat marking, the handling of meat in wholesale markets,
conditions of transport, the protection of meat in butchers' and other shops and
on stalls from contamination by flies, mud and other substance.