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cookshops and eating houses.
Including the kitchens of public houses where food is prepared for
customers, 203 were under inspection during the year, and some 570 visits
were made in connection with them. Some 36 sanitary notices were served,
mainly for cleansing.
Fried Fish Shops.
Some 58 were under inspection and 244 visits were made to them. Thirty
sanitary notices were served, mainly for cleansing.
Ice-Cream Shops.
The number under observation during the year was 109, and 233 visits of
inspection were made. In 17 instances sanitary notices were served. Most
of these were for general cleansing. The L.C.C. (General Powers) Act, 1928,
provides for the registration of ice-cream premises.
At the end of the year the number on the register was 109.
Bakehouses.
The number of bakehouses on the register throughout the year was 51.
The number underground was 33, and the number of factory bakehouses
was 35.
In connection with bakehouses the Sanitary Inspectors paid 206 visits of
inspection. Intimation notices were served in 30 instances.
Sale of Food Order, 1921.
The provisions of this Order respecting the marking of imported Meat
and Eggs were complied with. No contraventions were noticed or complaints
received during the year.
Milk and Dairies Order, 1926.
General observation was kept on all purveyors of milk by the Food and
Drug Inspectors. In three cases purveyors of milk were observed "filling
bottles in the street". Legal proceedings were instituted and the defendants
were fined £2, 10s. 0d., and £1, with £1 3s. Od. costs.
Nutrition Dissemination of Knowledge.
Considerable space was allotted to exhibits dealing with this subject at
the Health Week Exhibition. Model meals were shown, and the importance
of balance, variety and vitamins in dietaries was taught by the demonstrators
in charge of this stall.
Similar exhibits and demonstrations have also been given at some of the
Welfare Centres, and at these a special point has been made of teaching
housewives how to spend wisely.