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Only in one case were conditions found to be unsatisfactory. A stallholder
was using premises which did not adequately fulfil the requirements
of the Regulations as to storage of meat. Alterations were made
to the store which rendered it satisfactory for this purpose.
Other Food Premises.
The total number of inspections to food premises was 3,887, and
these include visits to milk shops and butchers' shops which have
already been detailed. Other premises where food is prepared for sale,
deposited for sale or sold include bakers' shops, greengrocery and fruit
shops, ice-cream shops, fish shops, fried fish shops, eating places, tea
shops and restaurants. As a result of these inspections 105 notices
requiring sanitary defects to be remedied were issued.
Restaurants.—The keeping of restaurants, both great and small, is
one of the most important trades in Westminster. A permanent
day population almost four times as large as the resident population,
together with the enormous daily influx of people who come for shopping,
theatres or other social reasons, require to be catered for. Early in the
year it was arranged to compile a register of all restaurants and to inspect
systematically. The survey had not been completed by the end of the
year, but 709 restaurants had already been indexed. During the year
930 visits were paid by the inspectors, particular attention being given
to kitchens, pantries, messroom arrangements for staff, systems for
washing up, and general sanitary arrangements. Defects requiring
notices were found in 80 instances, and in each case the work was satisfactorily
carried out.
Fish Shops and Fried Fish Shops were periodically examined. Certain
defects, such as defective flooring and roofs were reported in two
instances but were remedied on the service of notices. There are
27 of these shops in the City to which the Food Inspectors paid 54 visits.
Ice-Cream Premises.—The inspectors paid 121 visits for the purpose
of supervision to premises where ice-cream is prepared or sold. It is
particularly necessary that there should be a high standard of cleanliness
in the 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. Legislation
is being promoted for the better control and inspection of these
premises.