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Hawkers of Foodstuffs.
Under the provisions of Section 11 of the Middlesex
County Council Act, 1950, persons selling foodstuffs from
any vehicle, etc., who are not the occupiers of an open shop
for the sale of foodstuffs, require to be registered with the
local authority and the foodstores at which the foodstuffs
intended for sale are stored are also required to be registered.
Most of the registered hawkers dealt in fruit and vegetables
in respect of the sale of which the enforceable requirements
are not very onerous so that a good deal of attention
had to be given to these food traders to try to ensure a
reasonable hygienic standard in their methods and storage
arrangements. Three new hawkers of foodstuffs and two
foodstores were registered.
Street Traders
Persons wishing to trade from a fixed site in any public
street are required to hold a licence under Sections 320 and
321 of the Middlesex County Council Act, 1944, and issued
by the local authority. There was only one street trader in
the area whose licence to sell fruit and vegetables was renewed
during the year.
Slaughter-Houses
One of the slaughter-houses was not used at all and at
the other, which was principally used for the slaughter of
horses, the amount was considerably reduced.
There did not appear to be a demand for slaughtering
facilities.
Number of slaughter-houses licensed 2
Number of slaughtermen licensed 10
Knackers Yard
There was one licensed knackers yard which was used to
only a very limited extent.