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and, indeed, I doubt il this had been so whether the germs could have survived
the ordeal of its manfacture owing to the great heat which it undergoes in the
process,
" I would like to state also that no less than 10,000 visits were paid to the
Restaurant, Bakehouses, Slaughterhouses, Butchers' Shops, fish Shops and
Cowhouses in the Borough during the year, from which il will be perceived
that the inspection of the places where food is prepared has Ixeen unremitting,
" In reference to butcher's meat, I might remind the Council that I have
reported to them in my annual reports that every year a considerable quantity
of meat is seized and destroyed by the Council's Meat Inspector, and this
amounted in 5 years to over 17J tons, an amount which shows that active
inspection is carried out. Of course, this quantity is not to be compac d with
that seized in the neighbouring Borough of Finsbury, nor yet with that of the
City of London, in both of which districts there are large wholesale markets
and wholesale merchants who sell meat in enormous quantities, but it is
nevertheless a very large weight when the different conditions of the sale of
meat in Islington are taken into consideration.
" Taking all these matters into account, I think that Islington has every
reason to be satisfied with the manner in which its food products are looked
after."
At the time of the scare a special inspection was made in Islington, as
indeed was the case in every borough throughout the country, of the places
where food was prepared, of the food before preparation, and of the manufactured
articles themselves, as well as of the processes by which they were
made. So far as Islington was concerned, nothing was discovered, but on the
contrary the shops and factories were found in a very fair condition, while the
food stuffs were of good quality, some indeed being exceptionally good. Just
after this Inspection had been made the Local Government Board sent out the
following circular letter signed by Dr. G. S. Buchanan.
Local Government Board.
Office of Inspector of Foods, etc.,
50, Parliament Street, S.W.
June 19th, 1906.
Dear Sir,
I understand that in many administrative districts under the Sale
of Food and Drugs Acts, samples of canned and preserved meats are