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The undermentioned unsound or diseased food was surrendered by the owners for destruction
or to be dealt with as trade refuse:—
Unsound Food Condemned and Destroyed.
Surrendered.
Apples, 21 boxes Oranges, 43 boxes
Beef, 40 stone Peas, 2 tins, and 1 waggon load
Cabbages, 68 bags (1 ton 8] cwt.)
Haddocks, 5 boxes Plucks, Pigs', 2
Heads, Pigs', 2 Plums, 4 baskets, 103 2-lb. tins, 4 1 -gull.
Horse Radish, 27 casks tins
Kippers, 12 boxes Potatoes, 14 bags
Livers, Bullocks', 7 Raspberries, 1 ton, 12 2-lb. tins
„ Sheep's, 1 Skate, 2 cwt. 2i stones
Lungs, Bullock's, 1 pair Tangerines, 20 " boats "
Lungs and Heart (Sheep's), 1 pair Tomatoes, 92 boxes
Mackerel, 1 box
Slaughter-houses.
At the end of 1930 there were 4 licensed slaughter-houses (private) in the Borough.
Structurally they do not conform to a high standard of excellence. They are kept under
periodical inspection by the Food Inspectors, who made 180 inspections during the year.
Fried Fish and Fish Curing Premisfs.
In 1930 there were 75 fried fish vendors' premises in the Borough, at 4 of which fish
curing was also carried on. There were 21 fish curers' premises, including the 4 above
mentioned. 430 visits were made by the Food Inspectors to these premises during the year.
Ice Cream Premises.
Section 29 of the London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1928, states that "any
premises used or proposed to be used for the sale or the manufacture for the purpose of sale of
ice cream or other similar commodity shall be registered by the owner or occupier thereof with
the Sanitary Authority. Any person offending is liable to a penalty."
The section above mentioned does not apply to any premises used as a Hotel, Restaurant
or Club.
The total number of premises on the register of the department at the end of the year
was 231.
Bakehouses and Restaurant Kitchens.
At the end of 1930 there were 154 bakehouses on the register, including 65 factory
bakehouses. 38 of these bakehouses were not in use. 112 of the 151 were underground
bakehouses, of which 55 were factory bakehouses, and 27 not in use.
At the end of the year 280 restaurant kitchens were on the register.
Bakehouses and restaurant kitchens are supervised by the Factory and Workshop
Inspectors, and further particulars in regard to them will be found on pages 55 to 58.
Underground Bakehouses.
The question of dealing with disused underground bakehouses was considered by the
Public Health Committee in 1929, when attention was also called to the absence of any Act
or Regulation requiring notice to be given to the Local Authority when alterations were to
be made to underground bakehouses.