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considered during the year. The registrations were granted as
follows: —
Purveyors retailing multiple firms' productions 98
Purveyors manufacturing and retailing their own productions
(made apart from domestic premises) 3
Purveyors manufacturing and retailing their own productions
(made on domestic premises) Nil
Registration was refused in 4 cases on account of unsatisfactory
storage provision.
In 1948, the Council delegated to the Public Health Committee,
its powers and duties under Section 158 of the Essex
County Council Act, 1933, and Section 77 and 80 of the Ilford
Corporation Act, 1937, with regard to the granting, refusal or
revocation of registrations, including the duty of interviewing
applicants who are required to show cause why applications
for registration should not be refused or existing registration
should not be revoked.
Legal proceedings were taken against a person selling ice
cream without registration. A fine of 10s. was imposed.
(12) Ilford Corporation Act, 1937.
Section 77 of this Act provides for the registration of hawkers
of meat, fish, fruit and vegetables, and their storage premises.
Registration was granted to 40 persons (concerning 18 premises),
but refused in 4 cases on account of the unsuitability of the
proposed storage premises. The registration of 2 hawkers, who
were found to be using an unapproved and unsatisfactory store, was
revoked.
Legal proceedings were taken against a person for selling goods
without being registered and for failing to have his name and
address legibly inscribed on the barrow contrary to the provisions
of Sections 77 and 78 of the Ilford Corporation Act. The defendant
was fined a total of £9 and £2 2s. costs.
Section 80 of the Act requires registration of premises used for
the preparation or manufacture of sausages, or potted, pressed,
pickled or preserved meat, fish or other food intended for sale.
Three applications for registration were received during 1949, all of
which were granted.
(13) Shops Acts, 1912-1934 (Sections 10 and 13). Since this Act came
into operation the Sanitary Inspectors have made inspections in
accordance with Sections 10 and 13 (3).
During the year, 4,619 inspections were made, 23 Preliminary
Notices were served, 15 of which were complied with. 1 Preliminary
Notice served in 1948 was also complied with.
7 Certificates of Exemption from the provisions of sub-Section 2
of Section 10 were granted in 1949.
There are three local Acts in operation—(1) The Ilford Improvement
Act, 1898, which has important sanitary provisions; (2) The
Ilford Urban District Council Act, 1904, the Section which deals
with the control of tuberculosis is repealed, the powers of the
Corporation now being contained in the Food and Drugs Act, 1938;
and (3) The Ilford Corporation Act, 1937.
The Ilford Corporation Act, 1937, repealed Section 62 of the
Ilford Improvement Act, 1898, dealing with the holding of a wake
over a body of any person who died while suffering from a notifiable
disease. This offence is now dealt with in Section 165 of the
Public Health Act, 1936.