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Prosecutions.—There were 3 prosecutions in respect of unsound
meat in 1914, all at the instance of Mr. Billing, who had
seized the meat.
1. Messrs. F. W. Waide. and Co., Ltd., Broad Yard, Turnmill
Street, London, E.C., were on May 7th, 1914, fined £50 in
respect of a quantity of unsound veal, tongue and bacon, weighing
532 lbs., and being used in the preparation for sale of meat
paste for human consumption.
2. Mr. Thomas Henry Mitchell, 67 Hertford Road, Edmonton,
was on May 12th, 1914, fined £20 and five guineas costs for
depositing for purposes of sale at 93 Charterhouse Street, a
beast's head markedly emaciated and taken from a carcase affected
with generalised tuberculosis.
3. Mr. John Malpas, 71, Hungerford Road, Holloway, was on
May 29th, 1914, fined £30 and five guineas costs for depositing
for purposes of sale at 101 Charterhouse Street a large quantity
of meat affected with generalised tuberculosis.
Foreign Beef Tongues—During the year, 24,644 parcels or
crates of frozen Argentine beef tongues were delivered to the
cold air stores in Finsbury. From January to June a special
examination was made of 11,038 of these tongues, with the result
that 142, or 1.28 per cent. of the whole number, were found to
be slightly affected with actinomycosis. From July to December
6,813 tongues were examined on the basis of 5 per cent. of the
whole number delivered during that period. Of these, only 12,
or 0.17 per cent., were found to have small nodules of actinomycosis.
The examination was much facilitated by the fact that the
lymphatic glands are now, prior to. exportation and under supervision
excised from the tongues, opened up, and skewered to the
superficial parts. The methods of inspection adopted abroad
appear to have been made much more thorough and complete in
recent years.
Unsound Food submitted for Examination.—Food
alleged to be unsound is occasionally brought to the Public
Health Department for examination by dissatisfied purchasers and
by salesmen who have lost the market.