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The number of food premises in the Borough by type of business is shown as follows:-
Shops 335
Catering Establishments 122
Factories 21
Premises required to be registered are as follows:—
Food and Drugs Act, 1938, Section 14
Fish Curing 8
Manufacture of Sausages or Preserved Food 52
Manufacture of Ice-Cream 5
Sale only of Ice-Cream 120
Manufacture and Sale of Iced-Lollies 3
Middlesex County Council Act, 1950, Section 11
Premises of Street Traders 27
Milk and Dairies Regulations, 1949
Dealer/Processors 2
The number of inspections of registered food premises during the year was 296.
Standards found on inspection are high, with the exception of storage premises of street
traders, which require constant checking.
Education in food hygiene continued in food shops, catering establishments and school
canteens, and the canteens in schools and in certain factories were kept supplied with meals
specimen jars, samples being retained for 48 hours after each meal. As food poisoning
cases did not occur in the factories or schools, the value of having these jars was not tested.