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INSPECTION OF MEAT AND OTHER FOODS AND OF FOOD PREMISES.
This is extremely important for the health of the community. The inspections are made
for many reasons, but principally: —
(1) To ensure that articles of food are sound, wholesome, free from disease and fit for
the food of man.
(2) That the premises are in good sanitary condition and clean.
(3) That the persons engaged in food occupations are clean in their persons and free
from disease and that they carry out their duties in a hygienic and wholesome manner.
The public can assist materially by encouraging clean food shops and discouraging any
that are not obviously clean and hygienic.
The following table shows the number of inspections of the various types of food premises: —
Milk shops and dairies 453
Ice Cream premises 65
Butchers' shops 183
Fish shops 33
Fried fish shops 45
Fish curing premises 26
Greengrocers' and Fruiterers' Premises 93
Cooked meat shops 12
Eel and Pie shops 9
Dining rooms and eating rooms 126
Restaurants 55
Licensed Premises 92
Street Traders' Storage Premises 30
Slaughter Houses 47
Factory Bakehouses 283
Workshop Bakehouses 18
Workplace Bakehouses 12
Bakers' shops 53
Food factories other than those included above 11
Other food premises 139
1,785
The inspection of food shops and of food is carried out by the District Inspectors as well
as by the Sampling Officer. Two inspectors are on duty two evenings a week inspecting the North
End Road Market, the Fulham Market and other street markets in addition to shops. All the
male Inspectors take their turn with this duty.
SLAUGHTER-HOUSE.
There is now one licensed slaughter-house in the Borough, and the following is a summary
of the work performed in connection with these premises during the year: —
Animals Slaughtered 179 sheep.
Visits to slaughterhouse 47
Meat condemned 1 liver (2 lbs.) abcess.
4 prs. lungs abcess.
2 prs. lungs strongylosis.