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tionable and filthy practise, and it is to be regretted that Local
Authorities have not the legal power to prohibit its use. ill four
of the Slaughterhouses special pumps, which are obtainable at a
low cost, are now in use, and I hope that similar means will be
provided in the other premises at an early date.
As the result of an inspection of a farm at North Finchley
I found that the occupier was using a portion of his premises
for slaughtering pigs for sale. He was, therefore, informed
that he was liable to a penalty for using his unlicensed premises
for this purpose, and cautioned as to the action the
Council would take in the event of the offence being continued.
During the year the butchers', fishmongers', and fruiterers'
shops, and other premises where food is prepared or kept for
sale for human food, have been inspected from time to time,
and whenever insanitary conditions were found to exist, or
where food was found to be unsound, or stored in such a
manner as to endanger its wholesomeness, such action as was
necessary was promptly taken. The number of premises of
this character now under inspection is 111, as compared with
63 last year.
The premises now on the Register at which ice cream
is sold numbers 28. Part 5 of the County of Middlesex
(General Powers) Act, 1906, which came into operation on
the 5th November, 1906, will doubtless prove of material aid
in dealing with these places. The Act provides that ice cream
shall not be stored or sold in any sleeping room, or in any
room, cellar, or place which is in a condition likely to render
such commodity injurious to health, or in which there is an
inlet or opening to a drain. The manufacturer is required to
take proper precautions to protect the commodity from infection
and contamination, and he must notify the Medical