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Ice Cream Premises.
The number of premises included in the register at the end of 1939 was 70.
Throughout the year, 150 inspections were made, and in 3 cases notices were served
in respect of uncleanly conditions.
Butter, Margarine, etc., Premises.
At the end of the year there were on the register 16 dealers in margarine,
1 wholesale dealer in milk-blended butter and 2 butter manufacturers. Fifty-one
visits were paid to the registered premises during 1939.
Bakehouses.
At the end of 1939 the number of bakehouses on the register was 40, 29 being
underground bakehouses. During the year 92 inspections were made and 4 notices
with regard to defects were served.
Fried Fish Vendors and Fish Curers.
The number of premises in the Borough used by vendors of fried fish is 14 and
by fish curers 3. Notices calling for periodical lime-washing, etc., of such premises,
as required by the bye-laws of the London County Council, were issued quarterly,
and during the year 60 inspections of fried fish shops and 32 inspections of fish
curers' premises were made by the food inspector. In the case of the fried fish
shops, 2 notices were served and complied with.
Restaurants, Tea-rooms, etc.
At the end of 1939 there were 340 premises in the Borough in which meals
are provided or food is sold already cooked or is prepared for sale. This number
includes restaurant and dining room kitchens, 208 ; tea-rooms and pastry-cookshops,
98; and hotel kitchens, 34. During the year the total number of inspections was
406, the number of notices served being 8.
Food Stalls.
All food stalls are inspected daily by officers of the Public Health Department,
a special feature being made of inspections over each week-end.
Bacteriological Examinations.
During the year, apart from milk samples, one sample of ice cream and one of
cooked sausage were examined bacteriologically. Both were found to be
satisfactory.
FOOD AND DRUGS ACT.
The total number of samples taken in 1939 under the Food and Drugs (Adulteration)
Act, 1928, and, since 1st October, 1939, the Food and Drugs Act, 1938,
was 1,005, the figure for 1938 being 1,067. The sum paid in respect of each analysis
was 12s. 6d.
The following tables and report from the Public Analyst (Mr. J. F. F. Rowland)
give full information with regard to samples submitted to and examined by him.
Annual Report of the Public Analyst.
"Table 18 contains a complete list of the articles submitted for analysis during
1939, while Table 19 give details of those samples found to be adulterated.