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The number of whole carcasses condemned on account of disease or injury was
40 (26 pigs and 14 sheep). In 2,453 instances partial condemnation was necessary
in respect of 1,895 pigs, 134 sheep and 424 cattle.
All shops and stalls where meat is sold are regularly inspected and, if any insanitary
conditions are discovered, measures are taken to secure their abatement.
Slaughterhouses.—There is no public slaughterhouse in the Borough. Slaughterhouses
are subject to annual licence and, in the Table which follows, are shown
those licensed at the end of the year. Previous to 1933 such licences were issued by
the London County Council, but in that year the licensing of these premises was
transferred to Metropolitan Borough Councils by the Transfer of Powers Order,
1933. A special Licensing Sub-Committee was appointed which dealt with the
applications received. The only change which took place was in respect of the
ownership of the slaughterhouse at 38, Plumstead Common Road.

Inspection of Imported Meat.—In Woolwich, as in other parts of the country,
much imported meat is sold. In the usual way this meat comes from the London
markets after inspection, and such inspection as it receives in Woolwich takes place
in the butchers' shops where it is exposed for sale. Occasionally, however, the
Port of London Sanitary Authority allows foreign meat to be removed from the
Port of London without examination on the understanding that (a) the meat shall
be taken to a wholesale depot; (b) none of it shall be removed without the permission
of the local Medical Officer of Health; and (c) the consignees shall give the
Medical Officer of Health notice as soon as the meat is received at the depot.
Guarantees are obtained by the Port of London Authority before such permission
is given. During the year, however, no such meat was inspected.
Bakehouses.—There were at the end of the year 32 bakehouses in the Borough,
of which 24 were factory and 8 underground. The inspections numbered 113, and
15 notices were served. The conditions on the whole were satisfactory.
Fried Fish Shops.—There were 61 premises on the register. They were
inspected on 244 occasions and 9 notices were served for breaches of the bye-laws.