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The views of the Council have not been met in the By-laws as finally
adopted, so that it will necessitate the Council taking action under the
Public Health Act should bedrooms be found opening directly out of a
rag and bone store.
The Council also expressed the opinion that it is very desirable that it
should be made obligatory on a person desiring to establish the business
of a rag and bone dealer to notify the Sanitary Authority of his intention
to do so, and to first obtain from them a certificate that the premises
on which it is proposed to carry on the business are suitable for the
purpose.
E.—Food Supply.
During 1922, 1,868 visits have been paid to the various classes of
business by the District Inspectors, beside which there was the
regular inspection of street markets, Covent Garden Market,'and other
places selling food, by the Food Inspectors. 195 notices were served in
respect of defects found.
Restaurants.—The kitchens of hotels and restaurants are inspected
regularly.
Ice-cream, Premises.—There were during the year 150 places where
this commodity was made or sold, and these were kept under supervision;
200 visits were paid.
Bakehouses.—At the end of 1921 there wete 21 above-ground and
61 underground in use. Daring 1922 there was no change. All the
bakehouses were inspected, and cleansing carried out twice a year.
Milkshops.—At the end of 1922, 478 names of persons selling milk
were upon the register. These include 5 persons selling milk on rounds,
who had no shop or store. Three applications for registration were
refused on the ground that the premises were unfit for storing milk.
211 visits were paid during the year, besides those paid by the two
inspectors taking samples under the Food and Drugs Acts, to premises
in which milk is sold.
Proceedings were taken against 2 itinerant persons selling milk
without having been registered for the purpose in Westminster. One
was fined £1 and the other ordered to pay 2s. costs.
Cowhouse.—There is only one remaining, licensed for 6 cows, but
none have been kept.
There are no slaughter-houses in Westminster.