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Riverside Wharves where Food is Stored, etc.
There is only one wharf in my district, viz., Concordia Wharf, Cold
Harbour (Ramornie Meat Co.), where food (all tinned) is landed, some of
which is warehoused for various firms. The Ramornie Meat Co.'a
consignments are examined by an expert examiner employed by the
firm before being sent out, either for home consumption or for exportation.
A large amount is purchased for the Mercantile Service, all of which is
again examined, specially labelled and passed by Board of Trade officials
before leaving the premises.
The following tinned foods were found, on examination by the
consignees, to be unfit for human consumption and were rejected, being
set aside by the consignees in a separate building for the purpose of
being sent to a fat boiler in the district to be rendered down for fat,
precaution being taken to prevent the condemned food being used for
any other purpose :—
1,058 6-lb. tins Beef and Mutton.
848 2-lb. tins Beef, etc.
1,211 tins of Meat, various.
3,117
Public Elementary Schools.
I have, as specially instructed, inspected the Elementary Public
Schools in my district, particularly in respect to the water supplies and
sanitary conveniences.
The water supply for drinking purposes at each school was found
to be drawn from the rising main.
The storage cisterns (which are used for supplying the sanitary
conveniences only) are cleansed out every three months ; the sanitary
conveniences were found to be in a clean and satisfactory condition.
I am, Sir,
Your obedient Servant,
JAMES BULLOCK,
Sanitary Inspector, Inspector under the
Sale of Food and Drugs Acts, and
Inspector of Canal Boats, East
Combined Division.