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The powers under the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, and the London County Council
(General Powers) Acts, 1902 and 1908, enable the Council to exercise efficient control where the
vendors and premises are known, but, inasmuch as ice cream may be made under unsatisfactory
conditions on premises other than those where it is stored, a system of compulsory registration of
premises where the commodity is manufactured, stored or sold and of itinerant vendors of ice cream
should be introduced.
In addition, by-laws are needed to secure the sale of ice cream from street barrows being
conducted under clean conditions.
Bakehouses.—There are eighty-five bakehouses in the Borough, and of this number sixty-two
are underground. As a result of two hundred and twenty-nine inspections, which were made
during the year, four notices were served for the cleansing of walls and ceilings.
Other Places Where Food is Prepared.—In addition to the above-mentioned premises, other
places in the Borough where food is prepared or exposed for sale are required to be kept in
accordance with the provisions of the London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1908. There
were, in addition to inspections of dairies, ice cream premises, etc., mentioned above, 1,601
inspections of premises where food is prepared or exposed for sale.
Unsound Food.—Under the provisions of Section 47 of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891,
any persons having in their possession food intended for sale which is diseased or unsound, or unfit
for human consumption, may surrender it to the Council for destruction as trade refuse. The
unsound food surrendered and destroyed during the year is shown in the following list:—
Apples (lbs.) 200
Bacon (lbs.) 42
Beef (spiced) (lbs.) 10
Cheese (lbs.) 20
Cherries (bushels) 200
Eggs (frozen) (lbs.) 88
Fish (stones) 24
Fish (canned) (tins) 367
Fruit (canned) (tins) 174
Meat (lbs) 34
Meat (canned) (tins) 34
Milk (canned) (tins) 328
Sausages (lbs.) 1
Tripe (lbs.) 2
Vegetables (canned) (tins) 50
In no instance was any unsound food seized under the Public Health (London) Act by the
Council's Food Inspector.
Sale of Food and Drugs Acts.—The Council's Food Inspector is the Officer appointed under
these Acts and he is instructed to take samples in any place within the Borough. The samples
procured are of two kinds, namely, formal and informal.