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The control of out-door food trading is exercised by registration under the provisions
of Section 11, Middlesex County Council Act, 1950, and during the year 2
persons and 2 premises were registered.
Legal proceedings were taken in 9 cases in respect of food premises and food stalls
which failed to maintain proper standards with the following results :
1. A restaurant proprietor was fined £15 and £10 with a total of £5 5s. 0d. costs in
respect of two summonses.
2. A grocer was fined £15 with £3 3s. 0d. costs.
3. A butcher was fined £5 for wilfully obstructing the Chief Public Health Inspector
and £5 on each of seven summonses (totalling £35) with £10 10s. 0d. costs.
4. A hotel proprietor was fined £50 with £10 10s. 0d. costs.
5. A grocer was fined £20 with £5 5s. 0d. costs.
6. A hotel proprietor was fined £5 with £1 1s. Od. costs on each of eight summonses
(totalling £40 with £8 8s. Od. costs).
7. A butcher was fined £10 with £1 1s. 0d. costs on each of four summonses
ing £40 with £4 4s. 0d. costs).
8. A cafe proprietor was fined £10 with £1 1s. 0d. costs on each of four summonses
(totalling £40 with £4 4s. 0d. costs).
9. A stall holder was fined £2 2s. 0d. on each of five summonses (totalling £10 10s. Od.)
with a total of £2 2s. 0d. costs.
(3) Food Sampling
The effectiveness of food sampling in 1967 owed much to the assistance given by
both the staffs of the Public Health Laboratory Service and the Public Analyst's office.