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Milk Shops.
The number of premises in which milk is sold in Battersea is
130. All milk shops are kept under strict inspection by the Council's
inspector, and during the year 319 inspections were carried out
and 10 notices were served to remedy defects found on inspection.
These mainly referred to dirty or unsuitable premises and other
minor defects. Three unregistered milk vendors were discovered
during the year and were reported to the Health Committee, who
directed cautionary letters to be sent to the offenders.
Fish Shops.
Fish shops in the borough in which fish, either cooked or
uncooked, is sold, or in which the curing of fish intended for sale
is carried on, number 63. All these premises are kept under
systematic inspection. During 1922, 293 inspections were carried
out, and 20 notices were served for various insanitary conditions
found on inspection.
In 3 fish-curing premises and one fried fish shop, the by-laws
made by the London County Council regulating the conduct of
these businesses were found to have been contravened. On the
instructions of the Health Committee the respective owners of these
businesses were cautioned.
Restaurant Kitchens.
The number of restaurant kitchens and eating houses on the
register at the end of 1922 was 90. During the year, 194 visits of
inspection were made by the Council's Inspector and 10 notices
were served to remedy various minor sanitary defects.
Street Stalls for the Sale of Food.
There are in the Borough a large number of street vendors
of food stuffs of various character, viz., fruit 42, vegetables 43,
fish 21, meat and rabbits 8, sweets and confectionery 6, other
foods 7.
These street stalls are kept under systematic inspection.
The premises where the stocks are kept, from which the street
stalls are supplied, are also inspected. Where these premises
are, as in some instances, outside the Borough the Medical Officer
of Health of the Borough is notified.
During the year it was found necessary to serve 18 notices
to remedy defects or insanitary conditions in premises in which
food intended for sale from street stalls was found to be stored.
The food sold from these stalls is generally sound and of
good quality and sold at a lower price than is usually charged
in the shops, and they are a boon to the poorer class of the community.
Attention has been drawn in previous Annual Reports to the
advantage, from the public health standpoint, of having these
street vendors of food intended for human consumption registered
by the Local Authority, and powers should, in my opinion, be
given to enforce this provision.