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PUBLIC HEALTH (IMPORTED FOOD) REGULATIONS, 1925.
With the establishment of Messrs. Thos. Borthwick & Sons,
Ltd. and the general improvement in trade, a great increase in the
importation of Meat and other articles of food at the wharves in
the Borough of Greenwich has resulted during the year 1935 as
compared with 1934. In fact the tonnage has almost been trebled
as will be seen in the following tables. Much of the local trade is
carried on direct with the Colonies and the very high quality of
the produce imported may be estimated by the fact that throughout
the year only 3½ tons of meat and other material had to be condemned
after examination by the Food Inspector:—
America and Australia— Tons
107,024 cases of Apples, Pears, Grapefruit,
Oranges and Lemons 2,799
Norway—
3,802 packages of Canned Fish, Milk
and other Provisions 109
Empire Colonies, U.S.A., Argentine, Iceland
and China—
Beef, Mutton, Lamb, Pork, Rabbits,
Eggs and Poultry 69,237
Total Imports from all sources 72,145
(An increase of 47,423 tons over 1934).
Carcases Certified for Re-export.—Applications for a
certificate of fitness in regard to imported meat intended for
re-export have been received from time to time by your Medical
Officer of Health and hitherto this service has been given without
charge. Since the establishment of a large cold storage plant in
the Borough, however, the requests have become more numerous
and in October the Council resolved that the following scale of
charges be put into operation in respect of the examinations which
are carried out for this purpose, viz.:—
For the first hundred quarters of beef or
carcases of mutton examined 6d. each.
For the second hundred quarters of beef or
carcases of mutton examined 5d. each.
For the third hundred quarters of beef or
carcases of mutton examined 4d. each.
For the fourth hundred quarters of beef or
carcases of mutton examined 3d. each.
For the fifth hundred to one thousand quarters
of beef or carcases of mutton examined 2d. each.