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A number of traders have been prosecuted (particulars of the
cases will be found under the heading "Legal Proceedings") for
offences under the byelaws, including the sale of vinegar from a
dirty container and the failure of hawkers to exhibit their names
and addresses on their barrows.
During the year the Council adopted Section 11 of the Middlesex
County Council Act, 1950, which extended Section 279 of
the 1944 Act, the effect being that all hawkers of food and their
premises must be registered instead of only those carrying on specified
trades, e.g., the sale of meat or meat food product or fish
or fruit or vegetables.
Inspection of Meat and Food
The inspection of food and premises where food is prepared
has received special attention.
Five new registrations of hawkers were granted during the
year. Before registration is granted the Council insist upon satisfactory
storage accommodation being provided and this is checked
up where necessary with the Local Authority concerned.
The number of barrow boys operating in the district has been
materially reduced. Owing to new vehicle parking regulations in
the side roads at North Finchley the police were able to take successful
action against barrow boys for obstruction with the result
that barrows have completely disappeared from that area.
One thousand two hundred and nineteen visits were made to
various food premises and improvements have been carried out in
a number of cases.
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