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Food Preparing Premises
There were no new registrations during the year.
The register contained the addresses of thirty-seven
premises registered under the Act for the preservation, etc.,
of food as follows:—
Premises used for the manufacture of sausages,
pies, etc. 16
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 vehicles, 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 foodstuff
intended for sale are stored, are also required to be registered,
but there is no requirement that a hawker shall have
a food store. Broadly the local authority may only refuse
registration if the public health is likely to be endangered
or the proposed storage premises are considered unsuitable.
Public Health control over hawkers' activities is not
very effective but every endeavour is made to achieve and
maintain a reasonable hygienic standard. A good deal of
time is spent advising would-be new hawkers, who disappear
from the scene within a month or two of registration. There
is often a little crop of unregistered hawkers during the soft
fruit and salad season. Eight new personal and one foodstore
registrations were approved and four personal registrations
were refused during the year.
Street Traders
Persons wishing to trade from fixed sites in any public
street are required to hold licences under Sections 320 and
321 of the Middlesex County Council Act, 1944. The
licence of a street trader to sell fruit and vegetables in the
district was renewed.
Slaughter-houses
There were no slaughter-houses or knackers yards in the
district.
In July 1960 the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and
Food accepted the Council's slaughterhouse report and The
Slaughter-houses (Hygiene) Regulations (Appointed Day No.