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The food premises in the District may be classified as follows:—
Confectioners (cakes, pastries) 28 *
Grocers 75
Greengrocers 35
Butchers 34
Confectioners and Tobacconists 70
Restaurants and cafes 35
Fishmongers 15
Dairies and Milkshops 9
Miscellaneous 31
of these
102 are registered for the storage and sale of ice cream;
55 are registered for the preparation of preserved foods.
Disposal of unsound foodstuffs
The great majority of 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 18 Sterilised 32 Tuberculin Tested 15
Supplementary licences:
Pasteurised 8 Sterilised 9 Tuberculin Tested 8
Inspection of Food Premises
Meat Shops 204
Bakehouses 59
Fishmongers 35
Grocers 146
Restaurants and Cafes 73
Dairies and Milk Shops 26
Greengrocers 54
Ice Cream Premises 43
Street Vendors 19
Food and Drugs Sampling 84
Ice Cream Sampling 35
Milk Sampling 11
Other Premises 68
Food Hygiene Regulations 487
TOTAL 1344
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