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ICE-CREAM SHOPS.
40. 82 ice-cream shops were on the register at the
close of the year, compared with 86, 89, and 89, in the
three previous years. 7 were added and 14 removed during
the year. There were 164 inspections made, and 8 notices
served. Regulations, embodying the provisions for premises
where food is sold, contained in the London County Council
(General Powers) Act, are distributed at every shop on the
register. The shops are inspected in April, June, and
August, by Inspector Powell.
DISINFECTION.
41. The mode of disinfection, oost of appliances, staff,
etc., were fully described in my Annual Report, 1903, pages
73-76. Rooms at 1,278 houses were disinfected, compared
iwith 964, 1,093, and 1,195, in the three preceding years.
The disinfecting apparatus was used 1,278 times for 28,116
articles.
464 books from the Free Libraries and Public Schools
were disinfected.
The sum of £5 2s. 6d. was received for disinfection of
rooms in special cases, on request of the occupier.
A large quantity of horsehair was disinfected for the
Army Ordnance Store Department, for the sum of £28 7s. 5d.
Disinfectants are supplied by the Department for disinfecting
infected soiled linen, infected stools, sputa in
phthisis, for personal use in infectious disease, and for use
by the contractor in dust receptacles. They are dispensed at
the Maxey Road Depot (306 persons supplied), the Sun Street
Mortuary (67 persons supplied), 14, Barge House Road,