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is at once evident when it is noted that, among other circumstances,
fat has been removed from a sink waste grease trap,
and after being clarified, used for pastry fat, and that meat has
been found stored in a water-closet (see page 127).
The amount of Foodstuffs Seized or Surrendered during the
past five years amounted to about 38 tons.
The conditions under which milk is sold have engaged the
attention of the Council for some time past. In 1921 it was
resolved to register, under the Dairies, Cowsheds and Milkshops
Orders and the London County Council (General Powers) Act,
1908, only those applicants who agreed to comply with the following
stipulations:—
(1) The lighting and ventilation must be maintained in a satisfactory
condition.
(2) No room which is used as a sleeping room must communicate directly
with the room or shop in which the milk is sold or stored.
(3) The premises must be so constructed that every part of the interior
is capable of being maintained in a satisfactory state of cleanliness.
(4) There must be no inlet to any drain in the room or place in which
milk is sold or stored.
(5) Milk must be stored in suitable receptacles with close-fitting covers
of suitable material.
(6) Efficient means of cleansing the milk vessels, either by steam or hot
water must be available.
(7) A plentiful supply of water must be provided, and where a storage
cistern is necessary such cistern must be properly covered and ventilated
and so placed as to be readily accessible.
(8) No premises will be registered where it is possible that milk may be
stored in close proximity to any article capable of contaminating such
milk, as for instance, paraffin, coal, vegetables, vinegar and pickles
(except when stored in unopened bottles), fish, &c., and no such articles
must be sold from the premises.
(9) No premises will be registered if there is manure or other offensive
accumulation in close proximity.
(10) Efficient means for the storage and removal of refuse must be provided.
The Council has expressed the opinion that milk churns
should be sealed in railway transit.
The Council has requested that it should be made compulsory
to notify illness of persons engaged in the dairy trade.