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left 85 milkshops which were unsuitable for the sale of milk, and were not im
accordance with the requirements laid down, and those were removed from
the register by resolutions of the Council of 27th May, 24th .Tune, and 22nd
Jul}r. There were no appeals against this action of the Council.
57 applications for registration under the Dairies, Cowsheds, and Milkshops
Orders were considered during 1914, and of these the Council decided to
register in 40 cases, and to refuse to register on account of unsuitability in
17 cases.
The figures in regard to registration of milkshops are set out below:—
No. of purveyors of milk at retail milkshops on register at end
of 1913 389
Deduct No. of purveyors removed from register by
resolution of Council during 1914 85
Do. do owing to removals, &c., during 1914 103
188
Add No. of purveyors added to register by resolution of Council
during 1914 40
No. of purveyors of milk at retail milkshops on register at end of
1914 241
At the end of 1914 there were on the register in addition to these 241
retail milkshops and 5 cowsheds (of which 4 are attached to retail milkshops
included in the 241), 2 persons in respect of premises where only a wholesale
milk trade is done, and 5 itinerant vendors without milkshops.
Legal Proceedings.—No legal proceedings were taken during the year in
respect of the sale of milk.
Ice-Cream Premises.
325 of these premises arc known to the department and 220 visits were
paid to them by the food inspectors during 1914. No legal proceedings were
taken in respect of the manufacture or sale of ice cream.
Fried Fish and Fish Curing Premises.
The position in regard to the control of these premises was altered during
the year by the coming into force of By-laws in respect of them made by the
London County Council under Sec. 9 of the London County Council (General
Powers) Act, 1908, and finally approved on 24th March, 1914.
These by-laws provide for the proper condition and cleanliness of the
premises and utensils, including limewashing four times a year ; for the
avoidance of nuisance from the improper storage of offensive or putrescible
garbage; and for the avoidance of nuisance from the process of frying,
smoking or drying fish.
The effect of the by-laws is much modified by the proviso contained in the
Act that they shall not impose any obligation to alter existing fried fish or
fish curing premises or to provide new fittings or apparatus in existing
premises. Except for such structural alterations, however, the by-laws apply
to old premises as well as new.