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One prosecution was ordered for failing to have the name and address
inscribed on the stall on which meat was exposed for sale. Two shillings
costs were inflicted.
The same person was also prosecuted under Section 47 of the Public
Health (London) Act, 1891, for depositing for purpose of sale in a front
basement area, meat that was unsound, and a fine of £3 and £2 costs was
inflicted.
In order to focus attention on the ways in which the Meat Regulations
were being carried out, the sanitary inspectors were given instructions to
make special observations during two separate periods of one week each
No infringements were reported.
Food Premises.
During 1926, 4,489 visits were paid by the sanitary inspectors to
premises where food is prepared for sale, deposited for sale, or sold. These
premises include milkshops, bakers' shops, butchers' shops, greengrocery
and fruit shops, eating places, cafes and restaurants. Street markets
and the large wholesale fruit market of Covent Garden were regularly
visited. Notices referring to defects in sanitary conditions in food premises
were served in 61 instances.
Restaurants.—The number of restaurants in the City, which includes
hotels, restaurants, and tea shops, is 444. Licensed premises where no
meals are served are not included. There were 826 visits paid to restaurants
and hotels, the kitchens and arrangements for washing dishes and
utensils receiving particular attention. Intimation notices numbering
54 were served and complied with.
Fish Shops and Fried Fish Shops were periodically examined. Certain
defects, such as dirty walls and ceilings, defective flooring, temporary
otstruction of light and air, were reported in a few instances, and seven
notices were served. In most cases the conditions were remedied by the
occupiers on verbal instructions from the inspectors.
Ice Cream Premises.—During 1926, there were 141 premises where
ice cream was prepared or sold. The inspectors paid 102 visits for the
purpose of supervision. It is particularly necessary that there should be
a high standard of cleanliness in the methods of preparation of this article
and in the premises where it is made. Ice cream has been known to
convey germs of Typhoid Fever and is stated also to have contained the
bacillus of Tuberculosis.
(6026)Q
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