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Food Premises—Inspection
Food premises, including the large food factories where meat and other food are
prepared for sale, are regularly inspected and the figures of food surrendered are in the
appended table.
The number of food premises in the Borough by type of business is shown as follows:—
Shops 326
Greengrocers 50
Grocers 113
Confectioners 92
Fish Friers 11
Bakers 18
Butchers 30
Fishmongers 12
Catering Establishments (including Canteens) 124
Food Factories 18
Total 468
Premises required to be registered are as follows:—
Food & Drugs Act, 1955, Section 16
Fish Curing 5
Manufacture of Sausages or Preserved Food 38
Manufacture of Ice-cream -
Sale only of Ice-Cream 114
Manufacture and Sale of Iced-Lollies -
Middlesex County Council Act, 1950, Section 11
Premises of Street Traders 20
Milk and Dairies Regulations, 1949
Dealer/Processors 1
The number of inspections of registered food premises during the year was 359.
Standards in food premises generally continue to be high. One of the older cafes in
connexion with which continued efforts had been made to secure improvements was
demolished during the year.
The direct method of education in food hygiene in the course of inspections is
continued.