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During the year, on Bank Holidays or upon other special
occasions, the sanitary inspectors have been on duty on the Heath
inspecting food and taking samples for analysis. It has been found, as
in previous years, that the food exposed for sale on these festival days
is, generally speaking, of a wholesome character, the only cases of
complaint being against the itinerant or casual vendor of milk.
Slaughterhouses.
There are four slaughterhouses in the Borough, situated as
follows:—40, England's Lane; 17, High Street; 69, High Street; 6,
Fairfax Mews.
The slaughterhouses were regularly inspected during the year, the
number of inspections being 36.
The quarterly lime-washing has been carried out, and in one
instance, one cautionary notice was served in regard to an accumulation
of rubbish in the slaughterhouse.
Food Premises.
Section 8 of the London County Council (General Powers) Act,
1908, contains provisions that considerably increase the power of Sanitary
Authorities to regulate the sanitary condition of places where food is
prepared or sold. This section, which has been set out in full in previous
Annual Reports, provides, among other things, that there shall be no
drain inlet in any room where food is prepared or sold; that no sanitary
convenience shall be within such a room, or in direct communication with
it; and that such a room shall be kept clean and not used as a sleeping
place. These places are inspected from time to time, and in a