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All the butchers' shops and meat stalls in the Borough are regularly inspected
to ensure compliance with the Regulations; during the year 626 such inspections
were made.
In all instances in the Borough where meat is exposed for sale outside shops
or on stalls suitable screens are provided and used for the protection of meat, as
far as practicable, from dust, mud and other contaminating substances such as
soot; frequent) reinspections are made to see this is done.
Steps are being constantly taken to ensure that customers do not handle
butchers' meat. In shops where " pieces " are sold a notice is exhibited urging
customers not to handle meat before purchase, and forks are provided to enable
the pieces to be turned over by purchasers without direct handling. As a result
of their observations and enquiries the Inspectors report that the forks so provided
are generally used.
That these Regulations are reasonable is shown by the ready response of the
vendors to remedy any temporary omission either on their part or on the part of
their assistants; it has not been necessary to serve a notice for any breach of the
Regulations.
Places where Food is prepared for Sale.
Under this head are included kitchens of hotels, restaurants and eating-houses
of all sorts, slaughter-houses, tripe, offal and other meat shops, fried fish, eel
and other fish shops, premises where ice cream is made, and other places where
food is prepared for sale, excluding bakehouses.

During the year, 2,450 inspections of such food premises and market streets
were made and 30 notices served for sanitary defects found.
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