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storage and preservation of meat and other articles of food,
provided that the Council shall not use for the purpose of this
Section any lands vested in them for any other purposes
except with the consent of the Local Government Board, and
upon and subject to such terms and conditions as that
Board may impose.
2. The Council may demand and take in respect of
the use of any such refrigerator or cold air store, such charges
as the Council may determine.
3. The Council may lease for any term not exceeding
twenty-one years, any such refrigerator or cold-air store, or
any part thereof, at such rent and on such terms and
conditions as the Council may think fit. (Birmingham).
BAKEHOUSES.
There are thirty-four bakehouses in the district, only one of
which is underground. Seventeen of the bakehouses are old.
The majority are in good or fair condition. A certain proportion
do not have a water supply taken directly off the main. In all
places where food is prepared the storage of water in a tank
before use is not to be recommended.
FOOD.
It is difficult to estimate the misery which may result from
the ingestion of unsound food stuffs, or the continued ingestion
of food stuffs which have been stored or treated without a due
regard for cleanliness.
The practice of blowing or inflating carcases is one which is
calculated to allow disease germs from the breath or air to gain
access to meat, to multiply therein and cause disease to the
consumer.
Again, the barrows on which fish, fruit and meat are found
exposed for sale on the street are usually found in a filthy state
and saturated with the liquids of many previous loads. The
excess which is not sold from these barrows is not as a rule
stored under clean or suitable conditions.