Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
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Unsound Meat, Etc., Removed from Cold Stores.—
Article. | No. | How Packed. | Origin. | Cause for Destruction. | Tons. | Cwts. | Qrs. | Lbs. |
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Brought | forward | 33 | 2 | 2 | 20 | |||
Mutton (Pieces) | .... | .... | Various | Decomposed | 14 | 3 | 22 | |
Offal | 3 | Bags | United Kingdom. | 2 | 20 | |||
Box | Argentina | Mould Fungi | 2 | 4 | ||||
Pork (Legs) | 2 | .... | Abscess | 17 | ||||
„ (Pieces) | .... | .... | Decomposed | 0 | 2 | 24 | ||
,, ,, | .... | .... | Australia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
,, ,, | 8 | Boxes. | Canada | ,, | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20 |
,, (Carcases) | 1 | .... | U.S.A | Tuberculosis | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19 |
Poultry (Mixed) | .... | .... | United Kingdom. | Decomposed | 0 | 10 | 2 | 6 |
Rabbits | 2 | Cases | New Zealand | ,, | 1 | 12 | ||
Sweetbreads | 1 | Case | Argentina | ,, | 24 | |||
,, | 3 | Boxes | Australia | ,, | 1 | 1 | ||
,, | .... | .... | Various | 1 | 1 | 20 | ||
Tails | .... | .... | Australia | ,, | 2 | 8 | ||
Tongues | .... | .... | ,, | Brine Stained | 1 | 2 | ||
,, | .... | .... | New Zealand | Decomposed | 1 | 19 | ||
Tripe | .... | .... | Australia | 3 | 3 | |||
Puffins | 6 | Casks | Tasmania | ,, | ||||
Total for 1934 | 34 | 18 | 2 | 21 |
SHOWING THE AMOUNT OF VARIOUS FOOD PRODUCTS SURRENDERED TO OR SEIZED BY MEAT INSPECTORS IN THE CITY OF LONDON FOR UNSOUND CONDITIONS, 1934.
Countries. | Beef in lbs. | Lamb in lbs. | Pork in lbs. | Veal in lbs. | Venison in lbs. | Goat in lbs. | Bacon in lbs. | Offal in lbs. | Furred Game. | Feathered Game. | Tinned Meat. | Tinned Milk. | Fish in lbs. | Cheese in lbs. |
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Argentina | 366,513 | 38,208 | 2,400 | 1,200 | — | — | — | 31,780 | — | — | 9,540 | 107 | — | — |
Australia | 22,097 | 26,572 | 3,205 | — | — | — | — | 2,727 | 6,254 | 7,827 | 3,820 | — | — | — |
Austria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2,482 | — | — | — | — |
Belgium | — | — | — | — | — | — | 512 | — | 10,727 | 587 | — | — | — | — |
Brazil | 3,200 | — | 363 | — | 150 | — | — | — | — | — | 2,540 | — | — | — |
Britain | 19,533 | 27,416 | 70,407 | 11,140 | 607 | 138 | 1,427 | 51,232 | 36,772 | 51,982 | 3,005 | 2,296 | 4,610 | 1,654 |
Canada | 3,901 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4,785 | — |
Chile | — | 5,225 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Denmark | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6,205 | — | — | 170 | 7,234 | 1,020 | — | 519 |
France | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5,117 | 3,072 | — | — | — | — |
Germany | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1,474 | 623 | — | — | — |
Holland | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6,576 | — | 28,584 | 30,005 | 3,781 | 972 | — | — |
Hungary | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 762 | 2,407 | — | 1,784 | — | — |
Ireland | 1,497 | 14,768 | 13,271 | 278 | 95 | — | — | 116,224 | 1,280 | 5,272 | — | — | — | — |
Italy | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6,971 | 6,587 | — | — | — | 154 |
New Zealand | 24,025 | 206,237 | 6,525 | 506 | — | — | 274 | 5,071 | 6,809 | 3,074 | 242 | — | — | 600 |
Poland | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1,254 | — | — | 528 | 1,452 | — | — | — |
Uruguay | 5,454 | 5,020 | 1,420 | 127 | — | — | — | 1,742 | — | — | _ | — | — | — |
U.S.A. | 684 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 30,274 | — | — | 2,259 | 682 | — | — |
Russia | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 680 | 8,540 | — | — | — | — |
South Africa | 8,079 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 250 | — |
S. Rhodesia | 7,543 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Siberia | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 600 | — | — | — | — | — |
Syria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5,027 | — | — | — | — |
Totals for 1934 | 462,526 | 323,446 | 97,591 | 13,251 | 852 | 138 | 16,248 | 239,050 | 104,556 | 129,034 | 34,496 | 6,861 | 9,645 | 2,927 |
Totals for 1933 | 524,723 | 367,293 | 101,283 | 16,820 | 1,197 | 642 | 21,481 | 258,101 | 65,387 | 138,796 | 7,981 | 7,754 | 1,532 | 633 |
SHOWING THE AMOUNT OF VARIOUS FOOD PRODUCTS SURRENDERED TO OR SEIZED BY MEAT INSPECTORS IN THE CITY OF LONDON FOR DISEASED CONDITIONS, 1934.
Countries. | Beef in lbs. | Mutton in lbs. | Pork in lbs. | Veal in lbs. | Venison in lbs. | Bacon in lbs. | Offal in lbs. | Poultry in lbs. | Rabbits in lbs. |
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