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During the year applications were received from Importers to be allowed to
remove various foodstuffs from the District of the Port of London without examination
by your officers, on the understanding that the goods would be examined and dealt
with under the supervision of the Medical Officer of Health of the district to which
the goods were removed.
The permission asked for was given in respect of the following foodstuffs:—
For removal to the City of London:—
9,231 boxes dried plums.
24 ,, evaporated pears.
630 ,, dried apricots.
1,623 ,, prunes.
724 ,, tinned tomatoes.
203 pig carcases.
1,333 cases ox-tongues.
5,014 bags ox-tongues.
For removal to the Borough of Bermondsev:—
1,416 pig carcases.
2,194 cases condensed milk.
54 boxes dried apricots.
282 bags flour.
2 cwts. 3 qrs. 16 lbs. rice.
110 cwts. 2 qrs. 24 lbs. wheat.
For removal to the Borough of Finsbury:—
614 cases ox-tongues.
13,496 bags ox-tongues.
For removal to the Borough of Bethnal Green:—
200 cases tinned pineapples.
For removal to the Borough of Southwark:—
1,792 cases condensed milk.
For removal to the Borough of Camberwell:—
35 cases Mellin's Food.
For removal to the Borough of Stepney:—
1,000 cases corned beef.
For removal to the Borough of Middlesbrough :—
73 boxes prunes.
In November the Committee assented to the designation of Dr. Willoughby, the
Medical Officer of Health, as a Certifying Officer for the purpose of export to the
United States of America of meat or meat food products lying within the district of
the Port of London.
On the 12th January 1,951 bags of currants, weighing about 50 tons, which
had been under water in the Millwall Dock, were seized as unfit for human
consumption. It was not possible to dispose of the goods for any useful purpose, and
as they became a nuisance they were destroyed in dock by burning.
On the 15th March the s.s. "Brodliffe," from China, arrived with about 8,000
packages of pig offal on board. This was Foreign Meat, Class 1, and was re-shipped
to the Continent.
On the 6th April the s.s. "Brodmead," from China, arrived with 1,445 cases
of pork offal on board. This was Foreign Meat, Class 1, and was re-shipped to the
Continent and New York.