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AUSTRALIAN BEEF AFFECTED WITH "WORM" (ONCHOCERCA).
No beef affected with "Worm" (Onchocerca) came under the notice of your
Officers during the year.
ACTINOMYCOSIS IN OX-TONGUES.
Most of the ox-tongues which arrived in the Port of London were, at the request
ofithe consignees, removed from the district of the Port Sanitary Authority (without
inspection) to cold stores within the City of London and the Metropolitan Boroughs of
Bermondsey and Finsbury, to be examined there under the supervision of the Medical
Officers of Health of those districts.
The following shows the results of the examination of some of the consignments
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carried out in the Port of London by your Inspectors :—
500 tongues examined. 14 found diseased.
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PORK.
Daring the year detailed examination was made of 5,300 carcases and 200 sides,
with the result that 9 carcases, 3 sides, and 3 heads were found to be affected with
tuberculosis.
The pork seized and destroyed during the year was as follows:—
From.
Tuberculous,
Carcases.
Sides.
Heads.
United States
2
...
•••
Argentina
7
3
2
Ship's Stores
...
...
1
Total
9
3
3
During December three consignments, comprising 296 sides of pork, arrived in the
Port of London. This meat came within the definition of "Foreign Meat Class 1,"
the importation of which is prohibited.
The matter was brought to the notice of the Importers, who stated that
"In October last we received several consignments of heavy pigs which
showed signs of bone-taint resulting from the difficulty in freeing such heavy
carcases from natural heat before freezing. To obviate a recurrence, thereby
wasting valuable food and refrigerating space on steamers, the method of
siding ' was adopted.