London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

View report page

Port of London 1909

Report for the year ended 31st December 1909 of the Medical Officer of Health for the Port of London

This page requires JavaScript

49
fluorine or boron; or salicylic acid, formic acid, sulphurous acid,
benzoic acid, or any compound of any such acid has been applied; or
"(c) Of severed parts of the carcass of a pig, or of other edible
parts of a pig, which have not before importation been salted, cured,
pickled, dried or smoked, or otherwise prepared in the manner in
which bacon or ham is ordinarily prepared, and which are not
contained in a box, case, receptable, or package with an official
certificate impressed thereon, or affixed or attached thereto ; or
"(D) Of severed parts of the carcass of a pig, or of other edible
parts of a pig, which have, before importation, been salted, cured,
pickled, dried, or smoked, or otherwise prepared in the manner in
which bacon or ham is ordinarily prepared, and which are not contained
in a box, case, receptacle, or package with an official certificate
impressed thereon, or affixed or attached thereto, and whicn, in the
case of the severed parts of the carcass, are without the lymphatic
glands about those parts in their natural position ; or
"(e) Of meat which, whether derived from cattle or a pig, is in
the form of a carcass or of a part of a carcass, and in either case
comprises the ribs, and is without any such membrane as in its
natural position forms the lining of the cavity enclosed by the ribs ;
"(j) The expression 'Foreign Meat of Class II.' means foreign meat
which, being in the form of the entire carcass of a pig, is without the
head in its natural state of attachment to the carcass, or is without the
lymphatic glands about the throat, or about any other part of the
carcass, in their natural position;
"(k) The expression 'Foreign Meat of Class III.' means foreign
meat which is in the form of severed parts of the carcass of a pig, or of
other edible parts of a pig, which is not and does not comprise any
foreign meat of Class I., or any foreign meat of Class II., and which is
contained in a box, case, receptacle, or package, with an official certificate
impressed thereon or affixed or attached thereto;
"(l) The expression 'Foreign Meat Unclassed' means foreign meat
other than foreign meat of Class I., foreign meat of Class II., or foreign
meat of Class III.;
"(m) The expression 'importer' means any person in the United
Kingdom who, either as owner or consignee, agent or broker, is entitled
to the possession, custody, or control of any foreign meat;
"(n) The expression 'ship' includes a vessel or boat;