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Registered Premises.—The Public Health (London) Act 1936, requires the
registration of premises used for the following purposes:—
(a) The sale, manufacture or storage of ice cream or similar commodity;
(b) The manufacture of sausages;
(c) The preparation or manufacture of potted, pressed, pickled or preserved
meat, fish or other food.
The register of such premises which is now complete is kept in five parts, and
the numbers in each part at the end of the year were as set out below:—
(а) Sale, manufacture or storage of Ice Cream 247
(б) Manufacture of Sausages 96
(c) Preparation or manufacture of Potted, Pressed, Pickled or Preserved
Meat143
(d) Preparation or manufacture of Potted, Pressed, Pickled or Preserved
Fish 47
(e) Preparation or manufacture of Potted, Pressed, Pickled or Preserved
other foods 4
The total number of inspections made was 789, and the number of notices
served was 19.
Other Food Premises.—As a matter of routine the food inspector made 607
visits to other food premises, including eating houses, coffee stalls, and restaurants,
and immediate action was taken in regard to any insanitary condition found. In
addition 1,913 visits were made to shops and to stalls in the markets.
Bakehouses.—There were, at the end of the year, 35 bakehouses in the Borough,
of which 33 were factory and 8 underground. The inspections numbered 88, and
5 notices were served. The conditions on the whole were satisfactory.
The number of inspections made in respect of all food premises, other than those
referred to above as registered premises is shown in the following Table:—