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PROTECTION OF FOOD SUPPLY.
General Considerations.—Each of the five district inspectors
is responsible in his own district for the inspection of foods, of
restaurants, of restaurant kitchens, of fried fish shops, of ice
cream shops, and generally of all places used for the preparation
of food for human consumption.
The three street markets are kept under close supervision, and
are continuously and specially inspected throughout the year
on every Saturday evening and Sunday morning. The latter duty
is done by every inspector in turn.
Each inspector takes samples under the Sale of Food and
Drugs Acts in his district. These purchases are nearly always
made by deputy.
Meat and Food Inspection.—The Borough Council have
appointed Mr. Billing as a special meat inspector to inspcct
systematically butchers' shops, food-stuffs, shops for food preparation,
and cold stores throughout the whole district.
In addition he pays special attention to the meat deliveries in
the wholesale market in Charterhouse Street, St. John Street,
and Cowcross Street, all adjacent to Smithfield Market.
Each district inspector holds a certificate of competency in
meat inspection.
The attached table is a summary of the diseased and unsound
meat and offal confiscated during the year ending 31st December,
1911.
All the unsound meat is removed under agreement by Messrs.
C. & H. Webb, bone and tallow melters, 155, Bow Road,
London, E. Messrs. Webb have their factory in Bow Common
Lane, and pay the Borough Council one penny per stone of eight
pounds for all the meat removed.