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are sold "pre-packed", Frequent inspections of all stalls are made and storage
accommodation is also inspected at the time of the initial application and
later on as necessary.
The position in regard to street traders licensed to
engage in the sale of food commodities at December 31st was as follows:-
Foodstuffs sold
Place of Trading
Total number
of stalls
Ridley Road
Chatswor th Road
Well Street
Kings land Road
Rroadway
Garnham Street
Lauriston Road
Bradbury Street
Other sites
Fruit and Vegetables
54
28
18
6
18
2
-
2
5
133
Pish (Wet, dry and shell)
9
5
4
1
3
-
1
-
1
24
Fish and Poultry
2
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
-
3
Meat and Poultry
6
3
3
-
1
-
-
-
-
13
Grocery and Provisions
6
6
3
2
4
-
-
-
-
21
Sweets and Ice Cream
1
2
1
1
2
-
1
-
1
9
Soft Drinks
-
-
-
2
-
-
-
-
-
2
Cakes and Biscuits
1
2
-
-
1
-
-
-
-
4
Refreshments (Coffee stalls)
1
-
-
1
-
-
-
-
2
4
Apple Fritters
-
-
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
1
Eggs
1
2
-
1
-
1
-
5
Totals
81
48
29
14
30
2
2
4
9
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SECTION 2 (General protection for purchasers of food and drugs). This section
provides that a person selling to the prejudice of the purchaser any food or
drug which is not of the nature, or not of the substance, or not of the quality
demanded by the purchaser, shall be guilty of an offence, In seven cases
legal proceedings were taken under this section with the results indicated:-
Pines Costs
£ s. d. £ s, d.
Sold a half-pint bottle of milk which 5 0 0 2 0 0
was not of the substance demanded in
that it contained a disc of the residue
of a drying oil
Sold a packet of currants which were not 2 0 0 8 0 0
of the quality demanded in that they
were infested with maggots.
Sold a loaf of bread which was not of the 5 0 0 2 0 0
quality demanded in that it contained
rodent excreta,
Sold a bottle of milk which was not of 5 0 0 2 0 0
the substance demanded in that it contained
two objects thought to be horse
chestnuts.
Sold a cake which was not of the nature. Summons dismissed
substance or quality demanded in that it
contained pieces of brick.