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The conditions on the whole are satisfactory, the traders carrying out
the requirements of the Regulations remarkably well. Only three cases
of infringement were reported, these were cases where the storage conditions
did not come up to the standard laid down. Verbal and written
notice was given to the persons responsible and the necessary alterations
were carried out without delay.
Other Food Premises.
The total number of inspections to food premises was 4,376, 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 101 notices
requiring sanitary defects to be remedied were issued.
Restaurants.—The keeping of restaurants 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. A register of all restaurants is being
compiled but the survey is not yet completed. 700 restaurants have
already been indexed, and during the year 8G2 visits were paid. Kitchens,
pantries, messroom arrangements for staff, systems for washing up, and
general sanitary arrangements were specially observed. Defects requiring
notices were found in 78 instances, and in each case the work was
satisfactorily carried out.
Fish Shops and Fried Fish Shops were periodically examined. There
are 29 of these shops in the City to which the Food Inspectors paid 56
visits.
Ice-Cream Premises.—The inspectors paid 58 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. (Vide ante
note on London County Council General Powers Act 1928, sec. 29.)
Bakehouses.—At the end of 1928 there were 72 bakehouses in the City,
of which 52 were underground. During the year 280 visits of inspection
were made, and in all instances the cleansing which is required to be
done twice a year was carried out.
Inspection of Food.—Food exposed for sale has received regular
inspection by the food inspectors, who have carried out this work daily
including Sundays. The following table shows the nature and amount
of food voluntarily surrendered or submitted for destruction.