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Work of Sanitary Inspectors under Article 19 of the Sanitary
Officers Order, 1922. The routine and special work of
the Sanitary Inspectors under the Order has been shown
in Tables Nos. 65 and 66, and the figures given in these
tables include the work in connection with special Acts such
as the Rats and Mice (Destruction) Act, 1919. The Public
Health Department supervises the removal of house refuse
in Plumstead where this work is carried out by a firm of
contractors. In Eltham and Woolwich, removal of house
refuse is done by direct labour by the Borough Council and
is under the supervision of the Works Department.
The sanitary staff consists of one Chief Inspector, seven
District Inspectors, one Food and Drugs Inspector, one
Woman Inspector, two part-time Health Visitors and Sanitary
Inspectors, and one Inspector who is entirely engaged
on the housing survey work and on special investigations.
Inspection of Premises where Food is prepared. Three
Sanitary Inspectors regularly inspect the market places where
food is exposed for sale at all periods of the day, and maintain
a systematic supervision of the slaughter-houses. The
District Inspectors keep under observation food exposed
for sale in the district, and include in this supervision the
inspection of fried fish shops, bakehouses and premises where
ice-cream is made or sold. 192 inspections of bakehouses
were made compared with 171 for 1922. Reference is made
in subsequent paragraphs to the condition under which fried
fish is sold and ice-cream made and sold. There are 104
premises other than those already mentioned where food
is prepared and/or sold, and 531 inspections of these were
made during the year.
Vendors of Fried Fish. At the end of the year there were 71
premises where the frying of fish was carried out. This is an