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Manufacture of Sausages and Sale of Pressed, Pickled. Preserved,
Potted Meats and other foods 13
Manufacture of Cooked Meat 1
Manufacture of Preserved Foods 1
Summary of Food Premises.
Butchers 60
Fish Shops 35
Bakers and Confectioners 23
Fruiterers and Greengrocers 73
Cafes 108
Grocers & Provision Dealers 188
Dairies 10
Retail Purveyors of Milk ... 105
Factory Canteens 73
Pet Animals Act, 1951.
This Act, which came into operation on 1st April, 1952, regulates the
sale of pet animals, and provides that no person shall keep a pet shop except
under the authority of a licence granted by the Borough Council.
During the year three new licences were granted.
Number on Register at end of year was 11.
Game Dealers' Licences.
Four licences to sell Game were renewed during the year.
SHOPS ACT AND STREET TRADING.
The Department administers three local Orders under the Act: The
Edmonton Hairdressers and Barbers (Late Day) Order, 1947, made under
the Shops (Hours of Closing) Act, 1928; The Shops Act. 1912, Edmonton
Weekly Half-holiday Order, Section 4(2) and (6) (Butchers); The Shops Act,
1912, Edmonton Weekly Half-holiday Order, Section 4(2), all the Orders
stand amended by the Shops Act, 1950.
There are approximately 1.305 shops and places other than shops in the
Borough which are liable to inspection.
The Shops Acts and Street Trading Inspector submits a monthly report
to the Public Health Committee, and the following is a short summary of the
work carried out during the year.
Visits to Shops, Licensed Street Traders, etc 1,297
Washing facilities, sink water heaters installed 10
Contraventions were in the main of a minor character, mostly concerned
with the exhibition of notices.
Shops Act, 1950—Part I, Section 1(2).
Edmonton Weekly Half-holiday Order — Letters of Warning were
sent to the occupiers of two shops where the above Order was being contravened
in that the shops were not closed for the serving of customers on a
Thursday afternoon.
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