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FOOD SUPPLY
The supervision and inspection of the food supplies is
carried out by the Public Health Inspectors who are all qualified
in food inspections.
The following table shows the distribution of premises in
the Borough at which food is known to be sold, manufactured or
stored.
Bakehouses 55
Bakers Shops 114
Sugar Confectioners 548
Cafes, Restaurants, Snack Bars and Eating Houses
and Kitchens 543
Works and Club Canteens 281
Licenced Premises 177
Off Licences 82
Grocers 583
Butchers 202
Wholesale Meat Markets 8
Chemists 81
Greengrocers 269
Fishmongers 64
Pried Pish Shops 39
Milk Distributors and Dairies 194
Premises from which Roundsmen and Mobile Shops
operate 18
Stalls 112
Pood Manufacturers 19
Other Pood premises not enumerated above 35
Total 3,424
Of the above premises 1,008 are registered under Section 16
of the Food and Drugs Act, as follows: -
Retail sale of ice-cream 817
Manufacturers of ice-cream 3
Preparation or manufacture for sale of sausages, or
Potted, pressed, pickled or preserved food 188
During the year 6,368 inspections and re-inspections were
made of food businesses (for details see Page 81).