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COFFEE SHOPS, EATING HOUSES, FRIED-FISH
SHOPS,* HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS, ETC.†
London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1908.—Sanitary
Regulations for Premises used for Sale, etc., of Food for
Human Consumption.
The number of premises in the Borough where food is sold or prepared
for sale is 276 : 129 Poplar, 92 Bromley, and 55 Bow. (See Table A,
page 72.)
London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1908.
814 visits were paid to these premises during the year and the
Sanitary Regulations under the London County Council (General Powers)
Act, 1908, Section 8, were enforced.
Want of cleanliness was found in 112 instances, and 95 other
defects existed.
131 intimations were served, which in 14 cases were followed up by
Statutory notices and one final notice was served.
HAIRDRESSERS' PREMISES.
The hairdressers' premises were inspected during the year.
MILKSHOPS.
Dairies, Cowsheds and Milkshops Order.
London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1908.—Power
to Sanitary Authorities to remove from or refuse to enter
on Register Names of Dairymen in certain circumstances
Milk and Dairies (Amendment Act), 1922.**
Dairies, Cowsheds and Milkshops Order.
At the end of the year there were in the Borough 130 registered
premises (including 10 cow-houses, 1 Poplar, 4 Bromley and 5 Bow)
where milk is sold, 31 Poplar, 50 Bromley and 49 Bow. These milk
shops were kept under observation.
* Bye Laws.
† See Tables A and C, pages 72 and 75.
** Milk and Dairies (Amendment) Act, 1922.—This Act came into operation 1st
September, 1922 (except section 3, which became operative l«f January, 1923). The Act
extends the powers of local authorities in respect of registration of milk sellers and wholesalers
prohibits the addition of colouring matter and of reconstituted milk, etc.; prohibits
under heavy penally sale of milk obtained from cows suffering from tuberculous udder.
The Act requires the Minister of Health to prescribe standards for dried and condensed milks.
The Act provides for the postponement of the Milk and Dairies (Consolidation) Act, 1915,
until the lst September, 1925, except in so far as that Act repeals the Act of 1914 and the
Postponement Act of 1915.