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5. Accommodation for medical inspection and examination is provided on Tilbury Landing
Stage, though in practice, the majority of aliens are inspected in the ship on arrival and any necessary
chaperonage is provided by nursing sisters or stewardesses borne in the ship.
SECTION XVI—Miscellaneous.
Arrangements for the burial on shore of persons who have died on board ship from infectious
disease.
When cases of infectious sickness die in the Port Isolation Hospital, arrangements for interment
are made with an undertaker in Gravesend.
FOOD INSPECTION.

Of the 2,203 tons mentioned above, the principal items condemned for human consumption
consisted of:—
Burnt—11 cases, 56 cartons, 3,460 tins canned meats (burst, blown and leaky); 100 cases, 4
boxes, 35 baskets fruit (decomposed); 51 cartons, 131 tins canned fruits (burst, blown and leaky);
58 bags wheat (oil damaged); 50 cartons crystallised ginger (extraneous matter); 7 cases, 2 crates
rabbits and ducks (dock water damaged).
Buried—155 tons bananas (decomposed); 88 boxes fish (decomposed); 178 cases 68 tins canned
meat (blown); 232 cases, 218 cartons, 768 tins canned fruit (burst, blown and leaky); 814 baskets
tomatoes (decomposed); quantity onions (decomposed); 50 casks apricot pulp (fermented); 280
cases fruit (wasting); 305 cases tomato puree and paste (burst,,blown and leaky); 320 cartons smoked
cod roes (metallic contamination).
Boiling down—857 cases, 45 cartons, 16 tins canned meats (burst, blown and leaky); 57 drums
4 casks, 13 cartons butter and lard (dirty); 26 cases sausage meat (dock water damaged); 190 boxes
sweetened fat (rancid); a quantity of carcases sheep and lambs, pieces beef, pork, etc. (dock water
damaged, brine damaged, iced, decomposed, mutilated, dirty and moulds).
Cattle food—1,041 tons bananas (decomposed); 715 bags flour (weevilly and out of condition);
162 bags wheat germ (wet damaged); 252 boxes figs (out of condition); 132 cartons biscuits (rodent
damaged and wasting); 11 tons potatoes (wet and rotting); 104 cases, 444 tins tomato pulp and
puree (burst, blown and leaky); 250 crates cabbages (decomposed); 363 boxes cherries and prunes
(contaminated with pine tar).
Re-export—17 cases celery powder (excess of lead); 125 cartons stewed steak, 380 cases hams,
80 cartons and 100 tins pork in natural juice, 256 cartons luncheon meat and 880 cartons canned
cherries (blown); 42 barrels pig maws, 64 barrels sheep casings, 60 casks beef casings, 10 barrels
hog casings and 86 cartons luncheon meat (uncertificated); 401 cases canned pork luncheon meat
(rancid fat).
Released to other districts—850 cartons canned bilberries, 743 cartons cherries, 49 cases canned
peach pulp and 131 cartons tomato juice (blown tins); quantity of rejected ship's stores (weevilly
and out of condition) reconditioned or converted to animal feeding under the supervision of the
local Medical Officer of Health.
Reconditioning—13 crates cheese, 233 cartons raisins, 28 cases sultanas, 98 bags cocoa beans,
24 bags tapioca, 206 boxes, 70 bags cake mixture (wet damaged); 36 bags apricot kernels, 175 bags
walnut kernels (weevilly); 5 boxes sugar glucose mixture (extraneous matter); 240 boxes sweetened
fat (rancidity) ; 18 boxes, 1 cask butter (dock water damaged).
Refining—3,470 bags sugar sweepings (dirty); 4 cartons margarine (dock water damaged);
41 crates piping jelly, 574 cases and 95 drums lard (extraneous matter).
Industrial—60 cartons and 70 casks salad cream (rancid and sour); 145 cartons and 45 tins canned
cherries (blown and leaky); 3 chests tea (wet damaged).
PUBLIC HEALTH (IMPORTED FOOD) REGULATIONS, 1937 and 1948.
OFFICIAL CERTIFICATES.
Circular MF 1 /52 dated 4th March, 1952, from the Ministry of Food directs that the Minister
caused to be published in the London Gazette of the 11th March, 1952, a notice containing in the
Schedule thereto descriptions of certificates issued by the Republic of Argentina which have been
recognised as Official Certificates for the purposes of the Public Health (Imported Food) Regulations,
1937 and 1948.
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