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Food and Food Premises. 93
of them are registered as dairies or for the sale of margarine,
ice-cream, or cooked or preserved meats as required by law, and the
occupiers of 254 of these shops are registered as dairymen. In
the majority of cases this is because milk is being sold in bottles
or cartons, and as the milk is sold in sealed receptacles, registration
of the premises as dairies is not required.
Milk Supply.
There are 435 registered dairymen and 199 registered dairies
in the Borough, one of them being also a cowshed. The Food
Inspectors made 516 visits to these premises during the year.
The bulk of the milk sold by retail within the Borough is
sent out in bottles filled in properly constructed dairies, and its
quality throughout the year has been good. The average fat
content shown by the analyses of 994 samples of whole milk
reported as genuine was 3.66 compared with 3.59 in 1934, 1935
and 1936.
The milk utensils and barrows used in the delivery of milk
have been inspected regularly in the streets. The majority of
the milk barrows are now fitted with canopies in order to protect
the utensils during transit.
Registration of Premises where Ice Cream, Sausages,
Preserved Meat, etc., are prepared.
The Public Health (London) Act, 1936, requires that any
premises used or proposed to be used:—
(1) for the sale or the manufacture for the purpose of
sale of ice cream or other similar commodity intended for sale;
or
(2) for the preparation or manufacture of sausages or
potted, pressed, pickled or preserved meat, fish or other food
intended for sale;
shall be registered by the owner or the occupier there of with the
Sanitary Authority.
During the year 103 applications were submitted to the
Council for the purpose of registration under this Act. In each