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THE "FLYING BOMB" ATTACK AND THE FOOD SUPPLY.
During the period from June 15th to September 2nd, your
Sanitary Inspectors made 2,624 visits to food premises for the
purpose of ascertaining if any damage had accrued to the stocks
of food therein. At 461 premises, varying quantities of Food were
found to be damaged to such an extent as to render them unfit
for human consumption. The aggregate weight of food thus
condemned was 23 tons. This was collected and taken to our
Central Salvage Depot, which had been established at the Abattoir,
Pitlake, for further sorting under the supervision of a Sanitary
Inspector. Of these goods, 7½ tons were salvaged for use
for processing, animal feeding or technical purposes.
In addition to the above, the entire recoverable stocks amounting
to some 7 tons, from 9 food shops, which had been
demolished or made unsafe, were removed to our Central Salvage
Depot. From these stocks 3½ tons were recovered as fit for food
and disposed of to local wholesalers, and 2 tons were salvaged
for use for processing, animal feeding or technical purposes.
All the goods condemned and recovered were listed separately.
Copies were sent daily to the local Food Executive Officer
and the Ministry of Food's Salvage Officer, thus enabling these
officials to adjust ration allotments and deal with disposal
respectively.