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regular inspections of the slaughterhouses in the Borough.
Within the past year, more attention has been devoted to
the supervision of food supplies as will be evident from a
comparison of the figures shown in this report compared with
those in the 1921 Report. 619 visits were paid to ice-cream
premises as compared with 195 in 1921; 340 visits were paid
to fried fish shops, compared with 251 in 1921; 171 visits
were paid to bakehouses, compared with 142 in 1921, and
other premises where food is prepared, 633, compared with
226 in 1921.
(a) Vendors of Fried Fish. At the end of the year there were
'69 premises where the business of a vendor of fried fish was
carried on. This number compares with 65 in 1921. All
these premises were specially inspected by the Chief Sanitary
Inspector and myself at the end of 1921 and the beginning
of the year under review, and many unsatisfactory conditions
were found. As a result of this special inspection
and the increased vigilance which followed on the part of
the sanitary staff, it may be said that the improvement in
the standard which was noted at the end of 1921 has continued
during the year under review.
(b) Vendors of Ice Cream. At the beginning of the summer
season it occurred to a good many men who were out of
employment that the production and sale of ice cream was a
profitable employment, and consequently there was a large
increase in the number of people who dealt in these commodities.
A special survey of the Borough was made by the
Sanitary Inspectors with a view of ascertaining where people
were making and selling ice-cream. There is no obhgation
on ice-cream vendors to register and their premises could
only be found out by a systematic search on the part of the
sanitary inspectors. This was of course by no means difficult
because it is obvious that dealers in ice cream must advertise