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fish, eel and other fish shops, premises where ice cream is made, and other
places where food is prepared for sale, excluding bakehouses which are given
on a previous page.
The number of these places on the. register at the end of 1912 was 379;
2,147 inspections were made, and 60 notices were served during the year for
sanitary defects found.
In addition to the above inspections of places where food is prepared for
sale, there were also 851 inspections of market streets, each of which includes
a number of stalls at which meat, fish, fruit and vegetables are sold. These
streets are also regularly inspected on Saturday evenings and Sunday
mornings.
SLAUGHTER HOUSE.
There is now only one slaughter-house in the Borough, viz., No. 29, Red
Lion Street, which, in addition to my inspections, was inspected on 11
occasions during the year. Only sheep are killed.
DAIRIES, COWSHEDS AND MILKSHOPS.
The number of registered dairies and milkshops in the Borough at the
end of the year was 184, of which 74 were in St. Giles and Bloomsbury, and
110 in the Holborn District.
In all 17 dairies and milk shops were newly registered, 3 belonging to St. Giles
and Bloomsbury, and 14 to the Holborn District, and 10 were removed from the
Register.
In addition to my inspections the Sanitary Inspectors made 759 inspections
of these premises, and 5 notices were served for sanitary defects or
breaches of regulations, and in some cases alterations were carried out without
the service of notices.
ICE CREAM.
During the year there were 35 premises in the Borough where ice cream
was manufactured or sold, and in addition to my inspections, 125 inspections
of these premises were made. Four notices were served for sanitary defects.
As ice cream is often made in the early morning, inspections between
6 and 9 a.m. were also occasionally made in order to ascertain whether there
were any infringements of the London County Council (General Powers) Act,
1902. No such infringement was found.