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Throughout the year, 90 inspections were made, and in 4 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. Thirty-one
visits were paid to the registered premises during 1940.
Bakehouses.
At the end of 1940 the number of bakehouses on the register was 34, 25 being
underground bakehouses. During the year 86 inspections were made and 2 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 10 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 30 inspections of fried fish shops and 15 inspections of fish curers'
premises were made by the food inspector.
Restaurants, Tea-Rooms, etc.
At the end of 1940 there were 288 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, 200 ; tea-rooms and pastry-cookshops,
61 ; and hotel kitchens, 27. During the year the total number of inspections was
301, the number of notices served being 6.
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
roast beef were examined bacteriologically. Both were found to be satisfactory.
FOOD AND DRUGS ACT, 1938.
The total number of samples taken in 1940 under the Food and Drugs Act, 1938,
was 931, the figure for 1939 being 1,005. 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 11 contains a complete list of the articles submitted for analysis during
1940, while Table 12 gives details of a sample found to be adulterated.