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Bullocks' heads, liver, etc., 5¾ cwts.; Pigs' heads, livers, and
offal, cwts.; Sheep's livers, etc., 25 lbs.; Horse-flesh, 1 cwt.;
Cod, 4 boxes; Haddocks, 175 lbs.; Dabs, 4 boxes; Herrings, 1 box;
Mackerel, 1 box; Pears, 3 cwts; Cucumbers, 1 box; Raspberries,
47 baskets ; Fruit, 31 tins.
Registration of Food Premises.—Section 5 of the London County
Council (General Powers) Act, 1932, requires the registration with
the Local Authority of all premises used for the preparation or
manufacture of sausages, or for the potting, pressing, pickling, or
preserving of meat, fish, or other food intended for sale, and for the
manufacture or sale of ice cream.
At the end of the year, 548 premises were on the Register, 364
of which were ice-cream premises.
Bakehouses.—There are 78 bakehouses on the Register, and 355
inspections of these were made during the year.
Restaurants and Eating-houses.—There are 123 establishments
of this description on the Register, and during the year, 254 inspections
were made.
Food Shops and Stalls.—Inspections of these premises during
the year numbered 1,536.
By-laws for the Protection of Food.
The London County Council By-laws for the protection of
food came into force on January 1st. They have, for their object,
the promotion of sanitary and cleanly conditions in the manufacture,
preparation, storage, transport or exposure for sale of any
article intended to be sold for food.
Food and Drugs /Adulteration) Act, 1928.
During the year under review, 888 samples of food, drugs, etc.,
were obtained by the Council's Inspector and submitted to the
Public Analyst for examination. Of this number, 117 were purchased
formally in accordance with the provisions of the above-named Act,
and the remaining 771 were obtained informally as "test" samples.
Six formal samples and twenty-eight informal samples were
certified by the Public Analyst as adulterated or below standard.