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Under subsection (6) a shop shall be exempted from the provisions
of subsection (2) if there is in force a certificate of exemption granted
by the authority whose duty it is to enforce these provisions. A certificate
is granted if the authority is satisfied that by reason of restricted
accommodation or other special circumstances it is not practicable to
provide the required sanitary conveniences in the shop and that suitable
and sufficient sanitary conveniences are otherwise conveniently available.
Certificates of exemption in respect of sanitary conveniences were
issued in connection with three shops during the year.
Pharmacy and Poisons Act, 1933 and Pharmacy and Medicines Act, 1941
The names of 34 persons were entered on the Council's list of
persons entitled to sell poisons included in Part II of the poisons list
and the names of 191 persons previously registered were retained on
the register.
205 visits were paid by the food inspectors in connection with the
granting and renewal of these licences.
Offensive trades
There are no offensive trades carried on in the borough.
Slaughterhouses
There are two private slaughterhouses in the borough, but very
little killing is done. The premises are visited periodically by the food
inspectors. Two applications as required by section 144 of the Public
Health (London) Act, 1936, for the renewal of licences to use premises
as slaughterhouses were received. In both instances the licences were
renewed.
4 slaughtermen's licences were granted during the year under
the Slaughter of Animals Act, 1933.
Synthetic cream
Fillings in cakes, pastries, etc., are a frequent source of food
poisoning symptoms. These fillings are usually synthetic creams,
which if manufactured with due precautions taken to prevent bacterial
contamination, and if properly pasteurised, should be free from
pathogenic organisms on despatch from the factory. The journal of
the Food Trade Review has however recently called attention to the
potential danger which may follow at a later stage. It says:- "Once,
however, the original package, such as a can or churn, is opened, a
danger of contamination arises and this danger may be increased either
by improper conditions of storage or by unhygienic handling. Further
danger may arise in the processing of such creams in a bakehouse
prior to their being sold to the consumer, especially as sugar or marshmallow
or both are commonly added to synthetic creams and these
products may act as nutrients for bacterial growth in the event of
any contamination occurring at this stage."