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Islington 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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267 [1913
SHORT TITLE.
2. This Order may be cited as the Importation (Raw Tongues) Order of
1913.
In witness whereof the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries have hereunto
set their Official Seal this fifteenth day of April, nineteen hundred and thirteen-
(Signed) SYDNEY OLIVIER,
L.S. Secretary.
SCHEDULE.
United States of America. Union of South Africa.
Commonwealth of Australia. Channel Islands.
Dominion of Canada. Isle of Man.
The following were the foodstuffs which were seized or surrendered and destroyed: —
| Meat and offal in slaughterhouses | 0 | 14 | 0 | 5 |
| „ butchers' shops | 0 | 17 | 2 | 8 |
| Fish | 0 | 13 | 1 | 0 |
| Vegetables and fruits | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| Eggs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Condensed milk | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Meat and Fish Paste | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14 |
| Tons | 3 | 9 | 2 | 13 |
In the preceding year 2 tons 5 cwt. 2 qrs. 5 lbs. were seized or surrendered. The quantity dealt with in the 12 years during which Mr. Wilkinson has been an inspector was els follows : —
| 1902 | 3 | 17 | 3 | 16 | 1909 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 18 |
| 1903 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1910 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 25 |
| 1904 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 17 | 1911 | 4 | 13 | 3 | 7 |
| 1905 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 1912 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 5 |
| 1906 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1913 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 13 |
| 1907 | 1 | 9 | 1902-13 | 40 | 9 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 1908 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 22 | Average | 3 | 14 | 1 | 12 |