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MANUFACTURE OF AERATED WATERS.
Owing to the increasing consumption of mineral waters, and the danger to
health incurred when these beverages are manufactured under unwrholesome
conditions, enquiries were instituted in November last, when it was ascertained
that no bottled aerated waters were then manufactured in the City. An
inspection was subsequently made of those places—chemists' shops, cafes,
&c.—where soda fountains and similar machines were in use, and on the
whole they were found to be conducted in a satisfactory manner.
In New York mineral water factories are only permitted when conforming
to a sanitary code of the Department of Health, and it would be well if a
similar prohibition obtained in this country, not only in the Metropolis, but
throughout the Kingdom.
DAIRIES AND MILKSHOPS.
There are now 553 Purveyors of Milk registered in the City under the
Dairies, Cowsheds and Milkshops Orders, as compared with 528 in 1902. In
the course of the year the sale of milk was discontinued at 28 premises,
while 53 new premises were added.
Those now on the Register are classified as under:—
Large refreshment room proprietors of the better class 242
Small refreshment rooms of a good class 43
Refreshment rooms of all classes; kept by foreigners 79
Dairies where light refreshments are sold 36
Bakers 16
Confectioners 4
General Shops 50
Vegetarian Restaurants 7
Coffee houses and cheap dining rooms 76
553
A Street List of the above, arranged alphabetically, will be found in
Appendix D, page 158.