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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Islington 1911
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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1911] 806
TABLE B.—
| Number of cases. | Description of Food. | Nature of Unsoundness. | Conditions under which found. | Weight in lbs. | How disposed of. | Observations. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tomatoes | Decomposition | Seized by Inspector Jeffery | 26 | Council's destructor | Legal proceedings ordered, but stayed on the advice of Council's Solicitor. |
| 1 | Beef, mutton and lamb | do. | Seized on butcher's back premises | 88 | do. do. | Summons issued. Magistrate accepted the evidence of the defence that the meat was not intended for sale and dismissed summons. |
| 2 | Quantities of fat and bones | do. | Surrendered for destruction | 542 | do. do. | Accumulations on butcher's premises owing to strike of carmen. |
| 2 | 16 turkeys and 1 fowl | do. | Examined by request | 101 | do. do. | Surrendered for destruction and Condemnation Notes given. |
| 1 | Loaf of bread | Over-run with ants | Brought to Town Hall | 2 | Placed on heating apparatus fire | Brought with complaint, but not sufficient evidence to show where the ants had gained access to the bread. |
| 1 | 2J cooked ducks and 12 sheep hearts | Decomposition | Coster's dwelling house (per Inspector Jeffery) | 10 | Council's destructor | Surrendered to Inspector when paying a visit to a dwelling house for other Sanitary purposes. |