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The food premises in the District may be classified as follows:
Confectioners (cakes, pastries) 27
Grocers 77
Greengrocers 36
Butchers 34
Confectioners and tobacconists 67
Restaurants and cafes 38
Fishmongers 15
Dairies and Milkshops 11
Miscellaneous 25
of these
94 are registered for the storage and sale of ice cream;
54 are registered for the preparation of preserved foods.
Disposal of unsound foodstuffs
The great majority of the unsound food condemned by the Public
Health Inspectors is destroyed in the incinerator at Chingford,
whilst some is taken to the controlled tips in the Borough where
care is taken to make it inaccessible to rodents and insects.
The Milk (Special Designations) (Pasteurised and Sterilised Milk)
Regulations, 1949 and 1953 and Raw Milk Regulations
The following licences were issued:
Dealers' Licences:
Pasteurised 14 Sterilised 27 Tuberculin Tested 13
Supplementary Licences:
Pasteurised 13 Sterilised 14 Tuberculin Tested 13
Inspection of Food Premises
Meat Shops 258
Bakehouses 129
Fishmongers 88
Grocers 305
Restaurants and Cafes 138
Dairies and Milk Shops 19
Greengrocers 168
Ice Cream Premises 68
Street Vendors 32
Fish Fryers 1
Food and Drugs Sampling 114
Ice Cream Sampling 47
Milk Sampling 30
Other Premises 163
Food Hygiene Regulations 237
TOTAL 3243
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