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During the year 522 visits were paid to these premises, and
although the proprietors are usually amenable to advice or warning,
it was found necessary to serve four notices to secure
satisfactory conditions.
Particular attention is paid to the cleanliness of the cooking
apparatus and utensils, the storage of foodstuffs, and the disposal
of waste matters. During the year these duties were performed
by the women sanitary inspectors.
Fried fish shops. The business of fish-frying is not scheduled
as an offensive trade in West Ham, but under the West Ham
Corporation Act, 1937, section 67, no premises may be used for
the purpose unless they are registered. Before registration the
premises are visited by the sanitary inspector, and if they are
found to be unsatisfactory, registration is refused until such time
as the conditions complained of are remedied.
The structures of the premises and the type of apparatus
used vary considerably, but great improvement in both has been
effected under the advice and guidance of the sanitary inspectors.
During the year the sanitary inspectors made 318 inspections. Up
to the end of the year 47 such premises had been registered.
Fish offal which is a potential source of nuisance on these
premises is stored in impervious containers and removed by private
contractors in the early hours of the morning. Most of this matter
is taken to a large modern works within the borough. This firm
specialises in dealing with refuse of this nature. As a result of
this arrangement, in which the sanitary inspectors closely cooperate,
complaints are reduced to a minimum and statutory
action was not found necessary.
Open markets. There are five open-street-markets in the
borough. These are held in High Street and Angel Lane, Stratford;
Stratford Road, Plaistow; Queens Road, Upton Park; and Rathbone
Street, Canning Town. All stall holders are licensed and
their refuse is removed daily by the Corporation cleansing department.
Foodstuffs of all kinds are sold at a large number of the
stalls, and those persons who sell meat, fish, fruit or vegetables,
and the premises at which they store such commodities, must be
registered under the West Ham Corporation Act, 1937, section 66.
This requirement extends to street hawkers, and has proved useful
in raising the standard of storage of unsold foodstuffs. The foods
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