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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 1899
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, London, Borough of]
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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.
UNFIT FOOD.
The following food, unfit for human consumption, was seized during the year:—
| Date. | Division & Sub-Division. | Description of Article. |
|---|---|---|
| 1899. | ||
| Feb. 13 | East —Bartholomew | Quantity of mussels. |
| March 23 | West —Regent's Park | 60 lbs. of cods' roe. |
| April 11 | East —Ossulston | Quantity of oranges. |
| May 16 | „ —Camden Square | 44 cases (2112 tins) of salmon. |
| ,, 25 | „ —Ossulston | 11 cases of pears. |
| July 4 | „ —College | 36 tins of sardines. |
| Aug. 2 | „ —Oakley | 3½ lbs. of tomatoes. |
| „ —College | 2 smoked salmon and 10 pieces. | |
| ,, 5 | „ —Ossulston | 56 lemons. |
| „ 6 | West —Regent's Park | 2 ducks. |
| „ 11 | East —Ossulston | 4 bushels of apples. |
| ,, 19 | West —Regent's Park | 17 cucumbers. |
| Sept. 5 | East —Ossulston | 10 boxes of grapes. |
| „ 23 | West—Chalk Farm | 60 rabbits. |
| 7. ,,. | ||
| Nov. 7 | East —Ossulston | Pig's kidney. |
| „ 17 | South—Burton | 3 boxes of tomatoes. |
| „ 28 | East —Ossulston | 4 „ plaice. |
| Dec. 9 | North—Grafton | 5 rabbits. |
| „ 18 | J bushel of oranges. | |
| ,, 30 | 4 bags of greens. |
BACTERIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION OF MILK.
Following upon the experience as to ice creams, as set out in the Annual
Report for 1898, during the year 1899 fifty Samples of Milk were bacteriologically
examined by Mr. Walter C. C. Pakes, and the following were the results :—
May 10th, 1899.
W. G. A. 1. Apparently normal. No increase of leucocytes. No tubercle
bacilli found.