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D. Generally.
"(17) No food to be prepared or stored in any place where it may
be exposed to infection or contamination of any kind.
"(18) Proper enamelled stoneware sinks to be provided in which to
wash vegetables, &c.
"(19) All tables, benches, &c., to be provided with castors or wheels
where necessary, to render them easily moveable.
"(20) Shelves necessary should be fitted 2 inches away from walls,
and all unnecessary woodwork to be removed from walls.
"(21) All requirements of the Public Health (London) Act, the
Factory and Workshop Act, the by-laws of the County Council and of
the City Council, and the provisions of the General Powers Act, 1902,
as to ice-creams, must be fulfilled.
"(22) Certificates are only issued for one year, and must be returned
unless renewed at the end of twelve months from its date, and are to
be liable to revocation by the Council at any time the conditions are
found to be unsatisfactory, after due opportunity has been given to
those responsible to remedy the defects.
"That a uniform charge of five shillings (5s.) be made in respect of
each certificate granted annually."
These requirements are now being brought to the notice of those
interested, and one certificate has been granted. The completion of the
special inspection of licensed premises, many of which have a restaurant
business, will now free the staff for the examination of hotels and
restaurants not holding licences. The result of the inspection of
licensed premises has been to bring out strongly the advantage which
the power to withhold or grant a license gives to enforce improvements
in the conduct of a business, and shows how beneficial it would he to
require all places where food is sold to be licensed annually if found
suitable. The need for control over the kitchens of those who cater for
the public is far more necessary than in the case of bakehouses.