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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

St Pancras 1898

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, London, Borough of]

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66
V.-FOOD.
FOOD PREMISES.
The licensed slaughter-houses, cow-sheds, and dairies have been inspected
from time to time. The markets and market streets were kept under observation,
and were also visited on Saturday nights and Sunday mornings during the summer
months.

Table: UNFIT FOOD.The following food, unfit for human consumption, was seized during the year:—

UNFIT FOOD.

The following food, unfit for human consumption, was seized during the year:—

Date.Division & Sub-Division.Description of Article.
1898.
Jan. 6East —Oakley Square½ bushel apples and 16 oranges.
Feb. 19South—Burton10 oranges.
,, 26„ —Mecklenburgh38 apples and 17 oranges.
April 13East —Ossulston27 dried kippers.
„ 22,, —Oakley Square30 boxes tomatoes.
„ 29„ —BarthelomewPair of beast's lungs.
„ „„ —Ossulston2 cwt. oranges.
May 7„ —Oakley Square25 lbs. tomatoes.
June 2„ —OssulstonPair bullock's lungs & 2 bullocks' melts.
„ 6West—Regent's Park7 lbs. cherries.
July 1East —BarthelomewSmall quantity of saveloys.
Aug. 2„ —Ossulston1/3 sieve of cherries.
„ „„ — „Quantity of cherries.
„ 3West—Chalk Farm10 lbs. cherries.
„ 12East —Ossulston1/4 bushel peals.
„ 24„ — „4 lbs. apples.
„ 26„ — „7 lbs. peaches.
„ 28„ — „3/4 cwt. oranges.
„ 29West—Chalk Farm1 cwt. oranges.
Sept. 3„ —EustonBasket of tomatoes.
„ „„ —Mornington4 lbs pears and 8 oranges.
„ 6East —OssulstonQuantity of apples.
„ „West—Castle3 boxes tomatoes (14 lbs.).
„ 7East —Ossulston3 sieves plums.
„ 10North—St. John's Park½ bushel pears.
„ 12West—Chalk FarmBasketful of pears.
„ 17„ —Castle20 oranges.
Oct. 25East —College112 lbs. of mackerel.
Dec. 10„ —Ossulston6 boxes Teneriffe tomatoes.
„ 17„ — „1 ton of turkeys.
if 30„ — „620 herrings.