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Inspection of Imported Meat.—As I explained in my Annual Report for 1929,
the Port of London Authority occasionally allow imported meat to be removed from
the Port of London without examination on the understanding that the meat shall
be taken to a wholesale depot and dealt with by the local authority. During the
year 1,217 carcases of sheep were examined and all were passed as fit for the food of
man, with the exception of 1 which was found to be affected with caseous
lymphadenitis.
Bakehouses.—There were at the end of the year 38 bakehouses in the Borough,
of which 28 were factory and 10 underground. The inspections numbered 106, and
6 notices were served. The conditions on the whole were satisfactory.
Fried Fish Shops.—There were 59 premises on the Register. They were
inspected on 260 occasions, and 10 notices were served for breaches of the By-laws.
Ice Cream, etc., Premises.—The number of premises where Ice Cream was
sold or manufactured during the year was 185, but in many instances the sale was
intermittent. 289 inspections were made and 20 notices served.
Other Food Premises.—As a matter of routine a number of food premises,
including eating houses, coffee stalls, butchers' shops and restaurants, are visited
each week by the Food Inspector, and immediate action is taken in regard to any
insanitary condition found. In addition, 2,438 visits were made to shops and stalls
in the markets.
Unsound Food.—There were 327 instances of unsound food being surrendered.
These compare with 281 instances in 1931. Included in the food surrendered were:
13 cwts. of Beef; 4 cwts. Mutton; 18 cwts. Pork; 1 cwt. Ox Livers; 6 cwts. Sheeps'
Offal; 1 cwt. Fish; 2¾ tons Potatoes; 1 cwt. Apples; 1 cwt. Pears; 3 qrs. Sweets,
and smaller quantities of Veal, Plums, Tomatoes, Raisins, Condensed Milk, Tinned
Salmon, Fruit, etc.
Seizures of unsound food were made on 23 occasions and included the
following:—Beef, Brawn, Salmon, Apples, Pears, Tomatoes, Prunes, Raisins, Pickled
Cabbage, Bread, Flour, Biscuits, Cakes, Tinned Milk, Ground Rice, Pudding
Powders, Custard Powders, Cake Mixtures, Cake Powders, Soup Powders and Sweets.
On the Committee's recommendation offenders were cautioned by the Town Clerk in
respect to 9 seizures and proceedings were taken in connection with 14 of the seizures,
26 summonses in all being issued, particulars of which are set out in the following
Table No. 44:—