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Friern Barnet 1957
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Friern Barnet]
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INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD.
Food promises.
There are 160 premises in Friern Bgrnet
which are used for the storage, preparation or sale
of food. A number of these are small general stores
and family businesses in which trading is not limited
to the sale of food. Classified according to the
principal business carried on these food premises
are engaged in the following trades:-
Registered under Food and Drugs Act 1955.
| Type. | Number. | For sale of Ice Cream. | For manufacture of Sausages or preserved food. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakers | 9 | 1 | - |
| Butchers | 13 | — | 9 |
| Cafes and Restaurants | 26 | 8 | - |
| Confectioners | 32 | 30 | — |
| Fishmongers | 7 | - | - |
| Greengrocers | 23 | 2 | — |
| Grocers | 46 | 25 | 11 |
| Milkshops | 4 | 4 | - |
| Total | 160 | 70 | 20 |
In addition to the traders carrying on their
businesses at established premises there are a few
persons who sell food in the streets from vehicles.
These food hawkers, as they are called, must be approved
and registered by the Council, under the provisions of
the Middlesex County Council Act. Most of the
food hawkers operating in Friern Barnet have established
rounds. There have been no substantial changes in
their numbers in recent years. Fourteen persons and
four storage premises are registered, as follows:-
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