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On the 18th September it was found that delivery had not been taken of the
1,888 cases which had been passed as fit for human consumption, and that in the
interval they also had become unfit, therefore it became necessary to destroy the whole
consignment as unfit for human consumption.
The net weight of the goods was 124 tons 4 cwts. 2 qrs. 0 lbs.
The s.s. "Suevic," from Auckland and Bombay, arrived on the 14th May. There
were on board 9,740 crates of rabbits.
On the 26th May men refused to work in No. 2 hold owing to a bad smell coming
therefrom, which it was later ascertained arose from crates of rabbits, 3,053 of which
were found to be in very bad condition. Much difficulty was experienced in disposing
of the bad rabbits, which were eventually buried at the mud shoot at Dagenliam.
On the 18th September a vessel from Buenos Ayres arrived with 225 bags of pork
hams and 280 bags of pork shoulders. This meat came within the definition of Foreign
Meat, Class 1, the importation of which is prohibited by the Foreign Meat Regulations.
The importers stated that it was purely owing to a misunderstanding between their
Buenos Ayres house and their London office that the goods were sent, their London
office being under the impression that the goods were mild salt cured hams and
shoulders.
The goods were eventually admitted to this country on the understanding that they
would be cured before removal from store in London, and, further, that no similar
consignment will be admitted in the future.
The matter was brought to the notice of the Ministry of Health.
During the year applications were received from Importers to be allowed to
remove various foodstuffs from the district of the Port of London without examination
by your Officers, on the understanding that the goods would be examined and dealt
with under the supervision of the Medical Officer of Health of the district to which
the goods were removed.
The permission asked for was given in respect of the following foodstuffs :
For removal to the City of London :—
6,800 cases of tinned apricot pulp.
235 casks and 318 cases of orange pulp.
46 cases of peach pulp.
24,787 bags of ox-tongues.
For removal to thfe Borough of Bermondsey :—
2,108 boxes of Quaker oats.
5,166 crates of cheese.
1,468 cases of condensed milk.
40 pig carcases.
225 bags of pork hams.
280 bags of pork shoulders.
444 tons 1 cwt. 3 qrs. 4 lbs. damaged wheat.
For removal to the Borough of Finsbury :—
25 cases of bacon.
32,499 bags of ox-tongues.
For removal to the Borough of Lambeth :—
2,825 boxes of Quaker oats.
For removal to the Borough of Stepney :—•
2,000 cases of tinned apricot pulp.
For removal to the Borough of Poplar :—
2,000 cases of tinned apricot pulp.
For removal to the Borough of West Ham :—
17,922 cases of tinned orange pulp.
For removal to the Borough of Hove :—
1,130 boxes of dates.
For removal to the district of the Southall-Norwood Urban District Council:—
1,000 cases of tinned apricot pulp.