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(b). MEAT AND OTHER FOODS.
Slaughterhouses.—There are four private registered premises
in the Borough. Applications for renewal of licences were granted
by the London County Council in October.
MEAT.
The Public Health (Meat) Regulations, 1924.—Under
these regulations which came into operation on the 1st April,
1925, before slaughtering takes place, notice must first be given
to t he Council of intention to do so. On receipt of such information
an inspector attends during the slaughtering and inspects carcases.
55 inspections were made during the year
The regulations also prescribe for the protection of meat from
contamination by dust and flies.
There are 35 butchers' shops in the Borough. With one
exception all these shops have been provided with glass fronts.
This shop is kept under supervision but the business is managed
in a cleanly fashion, and other precautions taken for the prevention
of contamination appear to serve the purpose fairly adequately
at present.
Bakehouses.—'There are 27 bakehouses in the Borough, and
20 of these are underground. These premises were all regularly
inspected by the Sanitary Staff.
Ice Cream Premises.—There are 38 premises in the Borough
where the manufacture or sale of this commodity is carried on.
These premises were inspected on 49 occasions.
Under the L.C.C. (General Powers) Act, 1902, it is an offence
to store ice cream in a sleeping room or any shed or room in which
there is an inlet or drain. Vendors of ice cream must notify the
occurrence of infectious disease among their employees or persons
living on their premises. Under the Act, every itinerant vendor
must exhibit on his barrow the name and address of the person from
whom the ice cream has been obtained, or if he is himself the manufacturer,
must exhibit his own name and address.