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FOOD SUPERVISION.
Slaughterhouses.—There are three slaughterhouses within the Borough, licensed by the London
County Council: 18, Chippenham Mews; 275, Edgware Road; 249, Maida Vale (rear of).
There were 200 inspections during the year. The animals slaughtered, so far as is known, were
2,661 head, comprising 3 bullocks and 2,658 sheep. This number is four times as great as in each
of the two previous years. It is only found necessary to destroy two sheep's livers, for parasitic
conditions.
Public Health (Meat) Regulations, 1924.—These regulations were fully discussed in last year's
annual report.
No serious breach of the regulations was discovered but occasional defaults were dealt with by
means of a caution.
Poultry Slaughtering.—This business is dealt with by special bye-laws. The only poultryslaughterhouse
in the Borough is situated at No. 51, Shirland Road. Sixty-five inspections were
made during the year, approximately 6,500 poultry being slaughtered.
Food Purveyors.—At the end of the year, there were some 836 purveyors of food in the Borough,
classified as follows:—Butchers 79, Fishmongers 28, Fried Fish 33, Refreshments 76, Game and Poultry
15, Greengrocery 95, Margarine 16, Milk 97, General 102, Confectioners 115, Provisions 49, Grocery
78, Sweets 53.
There were 8 premises on which fish-curing was performed, this business, as well as fish-frying,
being regulated by special bye-laws. There were also 12 premises on which sausages were made.
The Inspector paid 1,080 visits of inspection to the above-mentioned premises.
Ice Cream.—At the beginning of 1926 there were 152 shops at which ice cream was known to
be sold. These comprised the following kinds of business :—Sweets 36, General 33, Confectioners 34,
Milk 7, Bakers 6, Greengrocer 1, Refreshments 32, Wholesale 2, Fishmonger 1.
Two hundred and six inspections of premises were made during the year.
Ice cream was also sold from 22 barrows stored within the Borough and from 23 barrows stored
outside the Borough.
Food Destroyed.—The weight of food-stuffs surrendered by tradesmen and dealers for destruction
by the Council was about 6 tons, 17 cwt.
Dairies and Milk Shops.—At the end of the year 1925 there were 100 names on the register.
During the year 1926 5 premises were closed and 2 opened, making 97 on the register at the end of
the year. Twenty-nine of the businesses were transferred to new proprietors during the year. There
were 404 inspections made during the year.
On October 1st, 1926, the Milk and Dairies Order 1926 came into force and abstracts of the
Order were distributed to all members of the trade concerned.
Sterilised milk in bottles was found to be on sale at 51 premises. The registration of dealers
in sterilised milk as purveyors of milk is not enforced owing to the uncertain effect of the law.
Cowshed.—There is one cowshed in the Borough, licensed by the London County Council for 6
cows. It is situated at the rear of No. 39, Star Street and was visited ten times during the year.

With one exception, all the samples taken were found to be in compliance with the bacteriological
standard appropriate to the kind of milk.
In several instances it was observed that churns of "Grade A (T.T.)" milk in course of delivery at
Paddington Station were either not sealed or improperly sealed. Such a condition of things is an
infringement of the terms of the license granted to the producer of the milk. This is a matter which
does not concern this authority and the observations and Teports were transmitted to the Minister
of Health.