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Section V.
INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD.
PREMISES WHERE FOOD IS SOLD OR PREPARED.
Premises where food is sold, stored or prepared, have been inspected
during the year and, where necessary, action has been taken to ensure
that all foodstuffs were handled with care and protected from contamination.
COWHOUSES.
There are 3 cowhouses licensed by the London County Council.
The cowhouses have been inspected and the necessary action taken
under the Milk and Dairies Order, 1926, regarding lighting (natural and
artificial) and cleansing; standings have been reconstructed to prevent
fouling of the animals.
MILK SHOPS.
At the end of the year there were in the Borough 118 registered
premises where milk is sold. These premises were kept under strict
observation, 287 inspections being made.
The standard of cleanliness in cowhouses, milk shops and other
premises where milk is dealt with has been well maintained.
Cleansing of Milkshop premises was necessary in 5 instances 1 other
nuisance was found; 6 Intimations were served. The necessary cleansings
and other matters were attended to, and it was necessary to serve a
Statutory Notice in 1 instance only.
12 persons (including 3 itinerant vendors) were registered as retail
purveyors of milk, 3 of these being on account of change of ownership of
premises.
For milkshops connected with infectious diseases, see page 85.