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78 FOOD SUPERVISION.
Vegetables and Fruit:—
Apples 452 lbs. Cherries 690 lbs.
Tomatoes 66 „ Plums 20 „
Swedes 336 ,, Chestnuts 25 „
Peas 140 „ Oranges 108 „
Peaches 48 „
All the above were surrendered, being found putrid on examination at the shops. The
apples and tomatoes formed parts of large consignments from abroad.
The Inspector found it necessary to caution 13 greengrocers and 17 costermongers for
exposing unsound fruit. There was one prosecution.— See Legal Proceedings.
Meat:—
lbs. Disease.
7½ Pigs 869½ Tuberculosis.
14 Pigs' plucks 90 ,,
4 „ mesenteries 6 „
2 „ heads 12 „
10 „ „ 170 Putrid.
1 Pig's head 10 Lymphadenoma.
6 Pigs' lungs 9 Parasites.
Pork 43 Pleurisy and bruises.
„ sausages 6 Tuberculosis.
Ham 4 Calcified Trichina.
Mutton 6 Wet.
Beef 40 Putrid.
Ox tongue 4 Actinomycosis.
7 Livers 160 Parasites: abscesses.
3 Lungs 12 Parasites: pleurisy.
Spleen 2
Beef fat 504 Putrid.
Three summonses were taken out during the year, two in respect of tubercular meat and
one for unsound food. One of the meat cases was not heard until January of the current
year. (See Legal Proceedings.)
Stripping Carcases.— Attention was directed in the last Report to the practice recently
introduced of mincing and (or) removing glands from carcases of pigs, whereby it is rendered
impossible to decide whether such carcases be or be not tubercular. Some further facts have
been collected which it appears desirable should be placed on record.
During 1903 and 1904, 5,700* carcases (3,700 foreign and 2,000 English) were examined in
the Borough, and 103 were found to be "stripped," viz., 67 foreign and 36 English—1.8 per
cent. of each class. Last year 2,400 carcases were examined and 121 found "stripped"—
5.0 per cent. of all. Last year's total included 1,100 Dutch pigs (57 stripped), 900 English
(48 stripped) and 400 from other countries (16 stripped). None of these carcases were
condemned.
During the two first years 35½ carcases and 7 heads were condemned, equal
approximately to 0.6 per cent. Last year 5½ carcases and 2 heads were similarly dealt
with, equal to 0.3 per cent.
* These are "round numbers" only.