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Ice Cream Premises.
There are 86 such registered in the Borough in accordance with the
London County Council (General Powers) Act of 1902. They have been regularly
inspected, and in no case were proceedings instituted in respect of offences
against the Act.
Butter, Margarine, etc.
The number of persons registered as dealers in and manufacturers of
margarine under the Margarine Act, 1887, Sec. 9, and the Sale of Food and
Drugs Act, 1889, Sec. 7 (4), is nine, and of wholesale dealers in butter and
milk blended butter, under the Butter and Margarine Act, 1907, one.
No names were added during the year, and the various premises have
been regularly inspected.
The matter of sampling of butter, margarine, etc., is dealt with under the
heading "Sale of Food and Drugs Acts."
Restaurants, Food Stalls, Etc.
The total number of premises in the Borough in which food is prepared for
sale is 169 (restaurants and dining room kitchens 56, hotel kitchens 19, coffee
shops, pastry cooks and tea rooms 94). Acting on the instructions of the
Medical Officer of Health the Meat and Food Inspector visits a given number
of these each week, each premises being visited at least once during the year.
As a result of the visits 92 notices were served, chiefly for breaches of
Section 8 of the London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1908, which
deals with the question of sanitation In one case only was a summons served
for failure to comply with the notice, but this, as shown below, was not
proceeded with, the work having been carried out.