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FOOD AND FOOD PREMISES.
There are four Inspectors engaged in the supervision of
the Food Supply. One of them is the Food and Drugs Inspector
of the Borough, who is occupied for the whole of his time in procuring
samples of food and drugs for analysis by the Public
Analyst.
The other three Inspectors, who are designated Food Inspectors,
supervise all the premises where food is sold, stored, manufactured
or prepared for sale, and one third of the Borough is allocated to
each Inspector. In addition they supervise the slaughtering of
all animals in the five slaughter-houses, and carry out the duties
required under Part II. of the Pharmacy and Poisons Act, 1933.
A Register of all premises where a food business is carried
on has been compiled, and is kept up-to-date. This Register
includes not only those premises which are subject to some form
of legal control, but also all other premises in which a food
business of any description is carried on. It is essential for a
complete Register of this nature to be kept, in order to ensure
systematic supervision of all the businesses.
Table XXXVI. has been compiled to show the number of food .
premises and the nature of the business carried on at these premises.
It is a common occurrence for more than one food business to be
conducted on the same premises and the Table is arranged to
bring out this fact.
In Columns 1 and 2 of the Table, the number of separate food
premises in the Borough is given, classified according to the
nature of the principal business carried on. In columns 4 to 18,
the number of different businesses actually conducted from these
premises is shown, those which are subject to some form of legal
control being specified. The number of registered dairymen
in the Borough is also shown in the Table, in column 3. The
number of inspections made during the year, and the number of
notices served is shown in the last two columns.
The total number of food premises in the Borough, including
five slaughterhouses, is 3,025. Amongst these are 1,074 grocery
and provision shops, and reference to the Table will show that
a variety of businesses are conducted from these shops. Some
of them are registered as dairies or for the sale of margarine,
ice-cream, or cooked or preserved meats as required by law. The
occupiers of 331 of these shops are registered as dairymen. In