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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
City of London 1931
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London, City of ]
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LEADENHALL MARKET AND CITY SHOPS.
The Leadenhall Market and City Shops have been systematically inspected during the year, and the following table shows the amount and variety of unsound food dealt with:—
| Bacon (lbs.) | 846 | Livers (Sheep) | 4 | |||
| Beans (Tins) | 2 | Milk (Tins) | 107 | |||
| Beef (lbs.) | 1,545 | Mutton (Pieces-lbs.) | 12 | |||
| „ (Tins) | 54 | Offal (lbs.) | 625 | |||
| Calf (Carcases) | 4 | Partridges | 1,378 | |||
| Capercailzies | 6 | Pheasants | 553 | |||
| Cheeses | 2 | Pigeons (Bordeaux) | 3 | |||
| (lbs.) | 8 | 507 | ||||
| Chickens and Pouissins | 932 | „ (Cases) | 3 | |||
| Cream (Tins) | 1,219 | Plovers | 593 | |||
| Curlew | 1 | Plucks (Calf) | 1 | |||
| Currants (lbs.) | 40 | ,, (Pig) | 7 | |||
| Ducks | 1,120 | „ (Sheep) | 1 | |||
| Eggs | 4,730 | Pork (lbs.) | 8 | |||
| „ (Cases) | 8 | Ptarmigan | 92 | |||
| Fowls | 2,074 | Quails | 114 | |||
| Fruit (Tins) | 221 | Rabbits | 10,522 | |||
| Game (Black) | 50 | „ (Cases) | 1 | |||
| ,, (Unclassified) | 56 | Salmon (Tins) | 8 | |||
| Geese | 134 | Seagulls | 1 | |||
| Grouse | 1,133 | Sheep (Carcases) | 5 | |||
| Guinea Fowls | 131 | Snipe | 191 | |||
| Ham (lbs.) | 10 | Soup (Tins) | 4 | |||
| Hares | 462 | Suet (lbs.) | 59 | |||
| Hazelhens | 45 | Sweetbreads (lbs.) | 10 | |||
| Heads (Pig) | 7 | Tails (Ox) | 1 | |||
| Kidneys (Calf) | 1 | Teal | 136 | |||
| ,, (Ox) | 6 | Tongues (Ox) | 2 | |||
| Lambs (Carcases) | — | Turkeys | 169 | |||
| „ (Pieces-lbs.) | 48 | Veal (Pieces-lbs.) | 1 | |||
| Livers (Ox) | 26 | Venison (Pieces-ls.) | 619 | |||
| (Calf) | 1 | Widgeons | 71 | |||
| Total for 1931 | Woodcock | 69 | ||||
| Tons. | Cwts. | Qrs. | Lbs. | |||
| 26 | 8 | 1 | 5 | |||
| 1930 | 35 | 2 | 2 | 20 | ||
| Decrea | se .... | 8 | 14 | 1 | 15 | |
UNSOUND MEAT, ETC., REMOVED FROM COLD STORES.
| Article. | No. | How Packed. J | Origin. | Cause for Destruction. | Tons. | Cwts. | Qrs. | Lbs. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beef (Pieces) | 155 | Argentina | Mould | 7 | 6 | 1 | 27 | |
| ,, ,, | 1 | .... | ,, | Tuberculosis | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| ,, ,, | 2 | .... | ,, | Injury | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 |
| ,, ,, | 1 | .... | ,, | Bone Taint | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 |
| ,, (Ouarters) | 5 | .... | ,, | Unsound | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| „ (Quarters) | 1 | .... | ,, | Mould | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| ,, (Kidneys) | .... | .... | ,, | Unsound | 0 | 9 | 2 | 27 |
| „ (Tails) | 3 | .... | ,, | Mould | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| „ (Tongues) | .... | .... | ,, | 0 | 2 | 1 | 13 | |
| „ (Livers) | 8 | .... | ,, | Unsound | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 |
| ,, ,, | .... | .... | U.S.A. | Mould | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16 |
| ,, (Suet) | 13 | Cases | ,, | Rancid | 0 | 6 | 3 | 10 |
| „ (Pieces) | 8 | .... | Australia | Unsound | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
| ,, ,, | 1 | .... | New Zealand | Cirrhosis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 |
| ,, ,, | .... | .... | ,, | Bone Taint | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15 |
| Bacon | .... | .... | Gt. Britain. | Decomposed | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Ducks | 8 | Boxes | ,, | Perished | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| Eggs (Liquid) | .... | .... | China | Unsound | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24 |
| Fish | 14 | Cases | Gt. Britain | Decomposed | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Glands | 2 | ,, | Argentina | Mould | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| Meat (Various) | .... | ,, | ,, | Store damage | 3 | 4 | 2 | 18 |
| Carried | forward | 13 | 9 | 0 | 27 |
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