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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 59
Bakers Shops 109
Sugar Confectioners 551
Cafes, Restaurants, Snack Bars and Eating Houses
and Kitchens 537
Works and Club Canteens 227
Licenced Premises 178
Off Licences 84
Grocers 588
Butchers 206
Wholesale Meat Markets 8
Chemists 74
Greengrocers 258
Fishmongers 61
Fried Fish Shops 38
Milk Distributors and Dairies 181
Premises from which Roundsmen and Mobile Shops
operate 9
Stalls 116
Food Manufacturers 24
Other Pood premises not enumerated above 30
Total 3,380
Of the above premises 998 are registered under Section 16
of the Pood and Drugs Act, as follows:-
Retail sale of ice-cream 815
Manufacturers of ice-cream 4
Preparation or manufacture for sale of sausages, or
potted, pressed, pickled or preserved food 179
During the year 4,166 inspections and re-inspections were
made of food businesses (for details see Page 92.).