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Premises used for the cooking of fish 12
Premises used for the cooking of bacon 9
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, it is felt that this leaves a loophole and that foodstuffs
may be stored at times under unsatisfactory conditions.
Public Health Control over hawkers' activities is less exacting
than for foodshops and is more difficult of application
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 public
street are required to hold a licence under Sections 320 and
321 of the Middlesex County Council Act, 1944. The
Licence, to sell fruit and vegetables, of the one street trader
in the district, was renewed. No other applications were
received.
Slaughter-houses
The three slaughter-houses previously licensed went out
of use and the licences were not renewed. Six slaughtermen
renewed their licences to slaughter.
In February the Council submitted to the Minister of
Agriculture, Fisheries and Food a report upon slaughterhouse
facilities, in accordance with the Slaughter-houses Act,
1958, and the Slaughter-house (Reports) Direction, 1959.
This report was accepted by the Minister.
Subsequently the Minister made the Slaughter-houses
(Hygiene) Regulations (Appointed Day—No. 2) Order, 1960,
and The Slaughter of Animals (Prevention of Cruelty) Regulations
(Appointed Day—No. 2) Order, 1960, appointing the
1st October 1960 as the date from which certain of the
principal regulations were to come into force for existing
slaughter-houses in the district.
Knackers Yard
The licence of the one Knackers Yard was not renewed
and the premises are to be redeveloped for other purposes.