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INCREASE OF RENT & MORTGAGE INTEREST (RESTRICTION)
ACT, 1920.
Three applications for certificates were received under Section 2
of this Act. The premises were inspected by the Medical Officer of
Health. One certificate was granted, one was refused, and one
application was withdrawn.
FOOD INSPECTION.
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 Canada, to the United States
of America, to Australia, to the West Indies, and to the Philippine
Islands. 388 certificates were issued in 1927.
Meat and Food Inspection.—In March, 1924, the Borough
Council appointed Mr. T. Penman 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.
All the unsound, diseased and decomposed meat is removed
under agreement by Messrs. C. & B. Webb, fat melters, 155, Bow
Road, London, E.
Unsound Russian Pork
In August, 1927, there were deposited for sale on the premises
of a Finsbury firm three large casks of pork pieces in brine. They
had been shipped here on behalf of Messrs. Arcos, Ltd., Moorgate,
E.C., by way of Hull, from the Kurgen factory in Russia. The
contents of the casks consisted of a large number of nondescript
cuts of aged pork, so trimmed as not to permit of satisfactory
examination. One large piece of this pork was markedly tuberculous.
The consignment was surrendered to the Finsbury Meat
Inspector and subsequently destroyed as unfit for human consumption.