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Prepared Food Premises. The number of prepared food
premises 011 the register is 175, of -which 697 inspections
were made and 48 Notices served.
Proceedings were taken against the proprietor of a fish
flying establishment for dirty and dilapidated conditions
thereat, resulting in fines of £3 with £2.2s. costs being
imposed. Proceedings were also taken, under the London
County Council Byelaws for the Protection of Food, against
the proprietor of another fish shop for wrapping chip potatoes
in newsprint so that they came into direct contact with the
print. A fine of 10s. was imposed.
Unsound Food. The following quantities of unsound.
foodstuffs were disposed of during the year under the Public
Health (Imported Food) Regulations, 1937-1948, and the
Public Health (London) Act, 1936:–
Premises.
Tons
cwts.
ars.
lbs.
Wharves
51
13
2
19
London Fruit Exchange and
Spitalfields Market
52
2
0
22
Railway Depots
14
17
1
13
Zeebrugge-Harwich Train Ferry
(at Bishopsgate Goods Station)
8
19
1
3
Other Premises
68
14
0
26
Total:
196
6
2
27
Approximately 40. tons was allowed to be used for animal
feeding purposes or for manufacturing purposes other than Tor
human consumption, the remainder being delivered to the Public
Cleansing Department where itwns mixed"with other household
refuse under the supervision- of the Public Cleansing Officer,
and removed by barge to a controlled tipping site in Kent.
Zeebrugge-Harwich Train Ferry. 287 special midnight or
early morning and 158 other visits were made to Bishopsgate
Goods Station for the purpose of examining 4,435 trucks of
foodstuffs arriving from the following countries:-
Italy 3989 trucks.
Germany 27 "
Austria 10 "
Yugo Slavia 315
Australia 3 "
Belgium 75 trucks
Greece 4 "
Switzerland 9
Spain 2 "
Holland 1 "
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