Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report for the year ended 31st December 1912 of the Medical Officer of Health for the Port of London
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TABLE XXVIII.
The following is a list of pig-carcases found during the year to be affected with tuberculosis. They were seized as unfit for food and destroyed :—
Date. | Name of Vessel. | Where from. | Where lying. | Number of Carcases. |
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1912. | ||||
Jan. 8 | " Dorset " | Australia | Victoria Dock | *2 |
Feb. 8 | " Ayrshire " | Ditto | Tilbury Dock | *1 |
15 | " Afric " | Ditto | Ditto | *3 |
March 6 | " Shropshire " | Ditto | Ditto | *4 |
6 | " Wakool" | Ditto | RoyalAlbert Dock | *1 |
21 | " Ballaarat" | Ditto | Ditto | *1 |
April 16 | " Carmarthenshire " | China | Victoria Dock | 7 and 1 side. |
* These carcases had attached the official certificate o£ the Commonwealth of Australia. The facts were reported to the High Commissioner for the Commonwealth of Australia and to the Local Government Board. |
TABLE XXIX.
PUBLIC HEALTH (FOREIGN MEAT) REGULATIONS, 1908.
During the year Notices were served under Article III. (5) and VI. of the above-mentioned Regulations, requiring the exportation of the following meat :—
Date of Arrival. | Name of Vessel. | Where from. | Where lying. | Description and quantity of foreign meat in respect of which Notices were served. |
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1912. | ||||
April 16 | s.s. " Carmarthenshire," of Southampton, 98,863. | China | Royal Victoria Dock. | 56 packages pigs. |
Oct. 21 | Ditto | Ditto | RoyalAlbert Dock | *88 packages, each containing 2 sides of pork. |
Nov. 10 | s.s. " Highland Piper," of Liverpool, 132,599. | Buenos Ayres | Ditto | †40 boxes stripped loins. |
* These goods were found to be putrid, and were destroyed. † Referred to the Local Government Board under Article 17 of the Public Health (Foreign Meat) Regulations, 1908, and notices subsequently withdrawn. |
TABLE XXX.
PUBLIC HEALTH (FOREIGN MEAT) REGULATIONS, 1908.
During the year Certificates were issued under Article III. (5) of the above-mentioned Regulations in respect of the undermentioned meat : —
Date. | Name of Vessel. | Where from. | Where lying. | Description and quantity of foreign meat in respect of which Certificates were issued. |
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1912. | ||||
Jan. 3 | s.s. " Thoraten " | Gothenburg | Millwall Dock | 6 packages beef. |
„ 4 | s.s. "Highland Warrior" | Buenos Ayres | Royal Albert Dock. | 442 cases ox cheeks. |
„ 5 | s.s. "Durham" | Australia | Victoria Dock | 47 pig carcasses. |
„ 5 | s.s. "Runic" | Ditto | Ditto | 12 pig carcasses. |