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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 bakehouses, restaurants, of restaurant kitchens, of fried
fish shops, of milk shops, ice cream shops, and generally of all
places used for the sale or preparation of food for human consumption.
The three market streets—Chapel Street, Exmouth Street, and
Whitecross Street—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 Act 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 inspect
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.
All the unsound, diseased, and decomposed meat is removed
under agreement by Messrs. C. and B. Webb, fat melters, 155,
Bow Road, London, E.
Certification of Meat Food Products.—The Medical
Officer of Health, with the consent of the Council, was designated
the certifying officer by the Local Government Board, for certification
of meat food products for export to the Argentine Confederation,
to the United States of America, and to the Phillipine
Islands.
Seventeen certificates were granted in 1914 to Messrs. Bovril,
Ltd., 152 to 166, Old Street, Finsbury, E.C.
Diseased and Unsound Meat.—The total amount confiscated
in 1914 was just over 191 tons. A full description of the
various items is given in the following table:—