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15
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 open shops for
the sale of foodstuffs, are required to be registered with the
local authority and any foodstores at which the foodstuffs
intended for sale are stored are also required to be registered.
There is no requirement that hawkers shall have a food
store and many stated that they did not need or have one. It
was suspected that in some cases foodstuffs were kept over
from day to day and how they were stored was a matter for
conjecture. Action was only possible if such storage could be
discovered. There was even less public health control over
hawkers' activities than over foodshops, but efforts were made
to maintain a reasonable hygienic standard. Three new
hawkers of foodstuffs were registered.
Street Traders
Persons wishing to trade from fixed sites in any publicstreet
are required to hold a licence under Sections 320 and
321 of the Middlesex County Council Act, 1944. There was
only one street trader in the area whose licence to sell fruit
and vegetables was renewed during the year.
Slaughter-Houses
One new licence was granted in respect of premises
formerly used as a slaughter-house. One of the two existing
slaughter-houses was not used at all and the other was only
used on three occasions.
Slaughtering in the area has almost ceased and there
would not appear to be a demand for further facilities.
Number of slaughter-houses licensed 3
Number of slaughtermen licensed 7
Knackers Yard
There was one licensed knackers yard, which was used
to only a very limited extent.