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INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OP THE FOOD SUPPLY.
This falls naturally under three headings:—
1. Supervision of premises where food is stored, prepared, or from
which it is sold or distributed.
2. Examination of food as to its soundness.
3. Sampling of food to determine its composition or sophistication.
During the year the duties of the Inspectorial Staff were re-distributed
in the following manner:—
The purity of food became primarily the responsibility of one
Inspector, although this duty, particularly in respect of milk and the
soundness of food, was shared, but in a less degree, by all the Inspectors.
The Food Inspector was relieved of certain District duties, e.g.,
smoke observations and sanitary inspection of premises, and these were
allocated amongst the several District Inspectors.
I. Food Premises.
1. Milkshops. Administration of the Milk and Dairies Order, 1926.
21 applications for registration (including 13 transfers) in respect of
premises were granted during the year, and one registered premises
ceased to be used as such. At the end of the year, as a result, there
were 168 premises registered for the sale of milk. In addition to the
above 18 persons were registered for the sale of bottled sterilised milk
only. From 11 premises, included above, Graded Milk could be sold.
One wholesale premises (Sterilised Milk) is also on the Register.
There are no cow-houses in the Borough.
During the year 210 inspections of milk shops were made and a
general improvement in the conditions of storage has resulted. In
addition to verbal information, no formal notices under the Public
Health (London) Act, 1891, were served, but many minor matters
were remedied as the result of verbal information on the part of the
Inspectors.