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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 in procuring samples of food and
drugs for analysis by the Public Analyst, and the supervision of
dairy premises.
The other three Inspectors, who are designated Food
Inspectors, supervise all other 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 carry out the
duties required under the Pharmacy and Poisons Act, 1933, and
the Pharmacy and Medicines Act, 1941.
With the object of ensuring that all food businesses arc
supervised systematically, 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.
Table XIII has been drawn up to show the number of food
premises in the Borough and the nature of the business carried
on at these premises. It is a common occurence for more than one
food business to be conducted on the same premises and the
Table is arranged to bring out this fact.
In column 1 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 3 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 shops distributing milk
in the Borough is also shown in column 2 of the Table.
The total number of food premises on the register in the
Borough is 2,573, and during 1949 they were visited on 43,021
occasions.
Milk Supply.
The Milk and Dairies Regulations, 1949.
These Regulations came into force on 1st October, 1949, and
require local authorities to keep a register of all persons carrying
on the trade of distributor in their district and of all premises
within their district which are used as dairies, not being dairy
farms.