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(j) Bakers' and confectioners' shops and sweet shops to be visited
quarterly.
(k) Bakehouses to be visited at least quarterly.
(l) Pharmacy and Poisons Act, 1933, and the Pharmacy and Medicines Act,
1941 - Premises to be visited every six months.
(m) Greengrocers' shops - to be visited every six months.
(n) Inspections under the Merchandise Marks Act, 1926; Shops Act, 1950; and
Prevention of Damage by Pests Act, 1949, etc., not dealt with by the Food Inspectors.
(o) School kitchens and school canteens to be visited once each term.
(p) Formal seizure and voluntary surrender of foodstuffs other than those
in stalls and premises in street markets, and in wholesale food warehouses and
food factories.
Records are held in the department relating to 1,567 premises in the
borough where the following 2,340 food trades are carried on:-
Aerated Water Manufacturers 2
Bakehouses 35
Bakehouses (Basement) 13
Bakers (Sales only) 34
Bakers (Sundries Manufacturers) 1
Beer Bottlers 2
Beer and Wines, "Off" Sales at Grocers' Shops. 18
Butchers 130
Cake Decoration Manufacturers 1
Cheese Manufacturers 1
Confectionery 369
Concentrated Food Manufacturers 1
Fish Curers 24
Fish (Wet) 40
Fish (Fried) 27
Fish (Wet and Fried) 2
Fruit Drink Manufacturers 2
Greengrocery 141
Grocery and Provisions 407
Ice Cream Manufacturers 12
Ice Cream Retailers 357
Jam Manufacturers 1
Jellied Eel and Pie Vendors 5
Milk Distributors 226
Non Brewed Condiment and Vinegar Manufacturers 3
Public Houses and Off Licences 244
Pickle Manufacturers 2
Restaurants and Cafes 228
Sugar Grinders 1
Sweet Manufacturers 11
STREET TRADING IN FOODSTUFFS. Most street traders operate from approved
pitches and are licensed by the Borough Council under Section 21 of the London
County Council (General Powers) Act, 1947. Street Trading licences are renewed
annually upon application of the holders thereof and where such application is
for the renewal of the licence on its original terms the renewal is automatic
unless grounds are known to exist which call for a review of the conditions
Prescribed thereon. The Council may refuse to renew a licence or may vary such
licence upon renewal only where the applicant is, on account of misconduct or
for any other sufficient reason, in their opinion unsuitable to hold such licence
on its original terms The licences issued under the above Act are for the
Purpose of regulating street trading, which is supervised by the Streets
Inspectors of the Department of the Borough Engineer and Surveyor; any offences
committed against the Food and Drugs Acts and the By-laws and Regulations made
thereunder are dealt with by officers of the Public Health Department. Considerable
attention is paid to street trading in food, and the stalls are