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slaughterhouse provision, but the decision was reached that facilities available elsewhere
were enough and that no Corporation slaughterhouse need be provided within the Borough.
The District Public Health Inspectors are qualified to inspect meat to be consumed by
the public and visits are paid to butchers shops, grocers shops, canteens and restaurants
where meat is inspected both in bulk and after cooking. In addition to these routine spot
inspections a visit is paid immediately on receipt of a complaint either from a member of
the public or from a trader that meat is suspected of being unsound.
Food Premises—Inspection
There was an increase in the amount of visiting to food premises during 1959. Certain
new shop premises with first class modern design and applying modern hygienic standards
to methods of food handling have been opened in the Borough and this helps to improve
the standard of existing food premises because of the competition for trade which ensues.
The number of food premises in the Borough by type of business is shown as follows:—
Shops 332
Greengrocers 48
Grocers 116
Confectioners 95
Fish Friers 11
Bakers 17
Butchers 33
Fishmongers 12
Catering Establishments (including Canteens) 130
Food Factories 20
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Premises required to be registered are as follows:—
Food & Drugs Act, 1955, Section 16
Fish Curing 7
Manufacture of Sausages or Preserved Food 30
Manufacture of Ice-cream -
Sale only of Ice-cream 132
Manufacture and Sale of Iced-Lollies
Middlesex County Council Act, 1950, Section 11
Premises of Street Traders 8
Milk and Dairies Regulations, 1949
Dealer/Processors 1