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supply or sanitary accommodation, and the general conditions appertaining
were such as to render their use most undesirable for such a
purpose as the storage and sale of food. The action of the Council
resulted in these premises being permanently closed, and as there is no
part of the Borough now in which there does not exist ample opportunity
for the working-classes to obtain food, I cannot regard the closing of
these places as anything but a distinct improvement.
The food premises inspected during the year, together with the
nature of the business carried on, were as follows:—
Butchers and Fork Butchers 64
Confectioners 91
Grocers 68
Provision and Cheesemongers 40
Greengrocers and Fruiterers 69
Fishmongers 30
Fried Fish Shops 9
General Shops 23
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615 inspections were made of these premises during the year, and
84 notices were served.
This list does not include bake-houses, milk shops, restaurants, and
slaugterhouses, to which reference is made elsewhere.
Tuberculous Milk.
In the campaign against consumption the question of our milk
supply is one upon which a considerable amount of public interest has
been concentrated. This interest has been stimulated from time to time
by the publication of the results of investigations which have been carried
out in regard to the matter. The second interim report of the Royal
Commission on Tuberculosis stated definitely that a very considerable
amount of disease and loss of life, especially among the young, must be
attributed to the consumption of cows' milk containing tubercle bacilli.
This is a conclusion with which I am in complete agreement, and I was
anxious to ascertain what had been the effect of the provisions of the
London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1904, and the Board of