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Section V.
INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD.
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.
MILK SUPPLY.
(a) Cowsheds.
The 3 cowsheds in the Borough licensed by the London County
Council have been visited and inspected on 17 occasions. No intimations
or Statutory Notices were served.
(b) Dairies and Milkshops.
At the end of the year there were in the Borough 105 registered
premises where raw milk is sold. These premises were kept under strict
observation, 298 inspections being made.
The standard of cleanliness in cowsheds, milk shops and other
premises where milk is dealt with has been well maintained.
2 premises were registered as Dairies during the year.
2 firms were registered as Wholesale Dealers in Milk (1 raw milk
in ' 'Sealcones'' and 1 raw milk.)
15 persons (including 5 itinerant vendors) were registered as retail
purveyors of milk, 6 of these being on account of change of ownership of
premises.
For milkshops connected with infectious diseases, see page 81.
During the year the following were registered:—
2 Wholesale Dealers in Sterilized Milk.
42 Retail Purveyors of Sterilized Milk in Sealed Bottles. (23 on
account of change of Ownership.)