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Coffee Houses, Restaurants, Private Hotels, Sausage Makers, Fried
Fish Shops, &c.
During the past year special supervision has been given to these
premises, all of which have been inspected with regard to cleanliness,
light and ventilation, and sanitary conditions generally. Lime
washing in nearly every case was found necessary, the particulars
of which have been duly reported to the Public Health and Housing
Committee. The foodstuffs at each premises were examined at
each visit and found to be satisfactory.
Ice Cream Manufacturers and Itinerant Vendors.
In accordance with your instructions all the premises where ice
cream is prepared have been inspected with a view to detecting
any infringement of Part viii. of the London County Council
(General Powers) Act 1902, also each itinerant vendor's barrow
has been inspected, and in each instance the manufacturer's name
was found to be legibly affixed to them. At the same time the
utensils were found to be in a clean condition, and the ice cream
of good quality. In one case a child was supposed to have died
from eating ice cream, but on investigating the matter found that
there was no foundation for the allegation.
Bakehouses.
By your instructions 1 have made periodical inspections of the
bakehouses throughout the district (17), 3 of which are underground.
The conditions in some cases necessitated service of
intimation, with respect to lime washing, removal of sweepings
from under the troughs, and cleansing of utensils.
Cow Sheds and Slaughter Houses.
Five notices were received for the renewal of licenses, the
premises were duly inspected, and where any infringements of the
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