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Meat Inspection.
Note.—It is not possible to afford information on the lines set out in Circular 1650 (England) as our records for 1937 do not permit of tabulation in the form required. This will, however,
be available in future. In the meantime the following table is submitted to correspond with that given in the report for 1936.
(1.) Retail Meat.
The Meat and Food Inspectors, during the course of their inspections of retail butcher's shops, find that the general condition of meat which is exposed for sale is satisfactory.
A very large proportion of the meat sold in the Borough is imported. The bulk of the remainder is slaughtered either in this Borough or in adjoining Boroughs, and a small proportion
of home-killed meat is obtained from Smithfield Market.
Cleanliness, storage, marking, etc., are satisfactory, as the provisions of the Public Health (Meat) Regulations and the Meat Marking Order made under the Merchandise Marks Act
are rigidly enforced, copies of the latter being supplied to the retailers.
Number of inspections of retail butchers shops and meat and offal stalls 3,891
Number of cases in which meat has been found unsound Nil
(2.) Ante Mortem Inspection—Nil.
There is no central abattoir in the Borough where a Veterinary Superintendent is employed. The slaughterhouses are visited regularly by the London County Council Veterinary
Surgeon.