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15
Tons cwts. qrs. lbs.
(i) At the slaughterhouse.
Pig carcases and organs — 6 3 19
(ii) At shops, stores and factories.
Fresh meat, fish, poultry,
vegetables, prepared and
canned foods 36 5 — 4
Total 36 11 3 23
The following articles of food were seized and taken before
magistrates who made orders for condemnation and disposal:—
lbs.
Fish 3
Horsefat 1
Horseflesh 1¾
Sausages ½
In appropriate cases the unsound food was disposed of for
animal feeding either through the Salvage Division of the Ministry
of Food or the Council's Salvage Scheme.
3. Inspection of Shops and Stores.
Inspections have been directed to conditions of cleanliness
rather than to structural improvements. In certain cases the
necessary notices were served and licences obtained to carry out
repairs to premises. Certificates were also issued to enable new
chopping blocks to be provided.
In March the London Wholesale Meat Supply Association's
Depot in Stockwell Road from which all meat retailed in Lambeth
(with the exception of Kosher meat) had been distributed,
removed to the Central Meat Markets at Smithfield.
4. Ice Cream.
Although there were no legal standards of quality or cleanliness
for ice cream, 32 samples for chemical analysis and 63 for
bacteriological examination were taken during the year. The
object of this sampling was two-fold, firstly to ascertain to what
extent in quality and degrees of cleanliness were present and,
secondly, in so far as the bacteriological examinations were
concerned to improve the standards of cleanliness where necessary.
The results of the chemical analysis of samples of ice cream
showed that the fat content ranged from 9.86 per cent. to 0.06
per cent., the average being 3.88 per cent.