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Applications made but not finalised at the end of 1971 5
Applications received 1972 57
TOTAL 62
Applications granted or renewed 1972 46
Applications refused 1972 2
Applications withdrawn 1972 7
Applications pending, carried forward to 1973 7
TOTAL 62
Premises registered at 31st December 1972 46
LATE NIGHT REFRESHMENT HOUSES ACT 1969
Because of the higher standard of the Greater London Council (General Powers) Act, 1968 some
traders are content to remain open only until 11 p.m. and thus do not require registration as a night cafe.
However, it is necessary that they hold a late night refreshment house licence if they remain open between
10 p.m. and 11 p.m. In spite of the increase in the annual licence fee (from £1-05 to £6) as many as 36
premises were licensed at the end of the year.
MEAT INSPECTION
In the area of Islington adjoining Smithfield Meat Market there are the following wholesale butchers
shops and associated trades:
Wholesale butchers, including offal and poultry dealers 26
Wholesale bacon factories 7
Sausage casing factories 9
Wholesale provision warehouses 6
Public cold air stores 3
The senior meat inspector is engaged full time in ensuring that no diseased or unsound meat or other foodstuff
is passed on to the public.
During the year, 1389 certificates were issued for unsound meat and other foods and 339 health
certificates were issued for the export of meat, etc. to overseas countries.
The Imported Food Regulations allow the port health inspector at the port of entry to release any
imported meat or other foodstuffs to go direct to an inland authority without any inspection at the port of
entry taking place. The inland authority then becomes responsible for the inspection of this meat, etc. and
takes over the duties of the port health inspector.
The extent of the increase inthecontainerisation method of transport as it effects Islington is reflected
in the considerable number of notifications received from ports of consignments directed to wholesale
premises in the borough. 339 such notifications were received in 1972 relating to meat and allied products
alone compared with 272 in 1971 and 156 in 1970. Additional notifications were also received in respect
of other types of food.
It is anticipated that with the entry of the United Kingdom into the Common Market there will be a
further increase in the number of notifications during 1973.
The collection of unsound meat and other foods continues to be carried out by a Council contractor
who renders down this unsound food for technical purposes.
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