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(d) Ice Cream.
There are 12 Producers of Ice Cream with premises in the
borough. The number of Registered Premises upon which ice
cream may be stored or from which it may be sold is 102. In
addition to these registered dealers, ice cream is sold on
32 other premises which do not require to be registered(restaurants,
canteens, cinemas, etc.).
The great majority of the retailers in the town obtain
their ice cream from producers whose premises are outside
Kingstoh. There are 28 such producers who sell either directly
or through retailer agents.

It will be seen that just over half the total number of
samples fell into Grade I. Grades I and II together accounted
for over 66% of the samples.
There seems to be a definite increase in the proportion
of wrapped ice cream sold. The summer of 1950 was a wet one,
and one might have expected the amount of ice cream sold to
be less than in the previous year. No evidence of any serious
diminution was noted.
(e) Meat and Other Foods.
(i) Slaughterhouses. There are no licensed slaughterhouses
in the borough.
(ii) Meat Depot. The Depot in Wood Street continues to
be the distributing centre for meat destined for Kingston
and the surrounding districts of Esher, Surbiton, Wimbledon,
Richmond, Maiden & Coombe, and Barnes. Daily visits are
made to the Depot and it is satisfactory to be able to
record the cordial relations which exist between the Department
and the Manager and his Staff at the Depot.
The transport of meat to and from the Depot has been a
cause for much disquiet. The Ministry of Food does not accept
responsibility directly for the transport arrangements,
which are in the hands of a separate organisation.
When more than usually unsatisfactory conditions were
observed, representations were made to the Transport
Organisation, and a temporary improvement would be noted.
These requests for cleaner and more suitable means of transport
have been repeated on several occasions, but no permanent
improvement was observed by the end of the year.