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The number of stalls registered in the City on which food is exposed
for sale is about 250, but this number is continually changing. As a
result of constant supervision only a few minor infringements of the
by-laws have occurred. These were promptly rectified when pointed
out by the inspectors. Otherwise conditions have been satisfactory.
Meat Regulations, 1924.
There are no slaughterhouses in the City and the duties imposed are
confined to the supervision of meat shops, stalls and stores. In addition
to routine and special inspection, visits are paid to all meat premises in
the City at certain periods in the year for the purpose of a general
inspection of the requirements in the regulations. A register is kept of
all meat vendors and the number at the end of 1931 was 136. The
inspectors paid 174 visits to these premises.
In one case it was found that the walls of the cutting room were in
a very defective condition and on the service of a notice the matter was
remedied. In another case a stall was found to be without any side
curtains ; this was immediately remedied on the attention of the owner
being called to it.
Food Order, 1921.
No cases came to the notice of the Inspectors of absence of labels
on "imported" meat.
Other Food Premises.
The total number of inspections to food premises was 2,703, 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 106 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 kept