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Two prosecutions under the Food and Drugs Act, 1938, were instituted in relation to ice cream. In one instance
the defendant was fined a total of £10, with £3 3s. Od. costs, for (a) storing ice cream in a yard and failing to take
precautions against contamination (Section 13) and (b) storing ice cream on unregistered premises (Section 14). In the
other case the defendant was fined 10s. for failing to display his name and address legibly and conspicuously on a box
tricycle from which ice cream was being sold (Section 16).
Preserved Food.—At the end of 1946, 107 premises were registered for the preparation or manufacture of preserved
foods (sausages mainly) intended for sale, and 367 inspections were made.
Fried Fish Vendors and Fish Curers.—The number of premises used by vendors of fried fish is 9 and by fish curers 3.
Twenty-six inspections of fried fish shops and 36 inspections of fish curers' premises were carried out.
Bakehouses.—Number on register—19, all basement bakehoiises ; 36 inspections were made.
Restaurants, etc.—Premises in which meals are provided or food is sold already cooked or is prepared for sale
numbered 473, including 420 restaurants and dining-rooms, and 53 hotels : 572 inspections were made and 35 notices
served. As there appeared to be a need for a communal restaurant in the Lisson Grove district to replace the canteen
which was established on the premises of the Florence Nightingale Hospital during the war, the London County Council
were asked to consider the making of the necessary provision.
Sale of Food and Drinks in Public Places.—In view of the difficulty of investigating complaints of the uncleanly
condition of stalls, vehicles and containers from which food and drinks are sold in streets and other public places by
vendors who frequently move from place to place, the Council resolved that, as from the 23rd August, 1946, Section 16
of the Food and Drugs Act, 1938, which requires'the name and address of such vendors to be legibly and conspicuously
displayed on their-stalls, vehicles or containers, should apply within the Borough in relation to all kinds of food (other
than milk, which is dealt with under other provisions) as it applies already in the case of ice cream.
Unsound Food.—Some 10 tons of food condemned as unfit for human consumption included the following : meat
(including bacon and rabbits), 10 cwts. 1 qtr. ; fish, 4 cwts. 20 lbs. ; fruit, 2 tons, 12 cwts. ; vegetables, 20 lbs. ; cereals,
2 tons, 15 cwts. 11 lbs. ; canned goods, 11,149 tins ; miscellaneous, 10 cwts. 20 lbs. Practically all this unsound food
was salvaged and diverted to other uses.
Horseflesh.—Twenty-six visits were paid to two shops selling horseflesh for human food.
Slaughter of Animals.—The only licensed slaughterhouse in the Borough is that at the Zoological Society's premises
in Regent's Park. The slaughtering done in normal times is for the food for the animals in the gardens and humane
killers are used. Five inspections were made. One licence to slaughter or stun animals, granted to skilled slaughtermen,
was renewed.
SECTION F.—PREVALENCE OF, AND CONTROL OVER, INFECTIOUS AND
OTHER DISEASES.
Infectious diseases notifiable in St. Marylebone are listed in Table 6, which gives also information regarding notifications
(civilians) received during 1946.

* There were no cases of the following diseases, which are also notifiable in the Borough : Smallpox, cholera, typhus fever,
enteric fever, paratyphoid fever, relapsing fever, continued fever, plague, glanders, farcy, anthrax, polio-encephalitis, encephalitis
lethargica.