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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
Stepney 1951
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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Certificate."With three exceptions, the official certificates
were subsequently produced and the foodstuffs released.
In two cases the foodstuffs were re-exported to the country
of origin, and in the other they were surrendered and destroyed
.
Export Certificates. 43 certificates were issued in respect of the examination of foodstuffs for export, as follows:-
| South America | 28 |
| Egypt | 10 |
| Sweden | 3 |
| Austria | 1 |
| Italy | 1 |
Unsound Food. The following auantities of unsound foodstuffs were disposed of during the year under the Public Health (Imported Food) Regulations, 1937, and the Public Health (London) Act, 1936:-
| Premises | Tons | cwts | qrs. | lbs. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wharves | 394 | 3 | 3 | . 0 |
| London Fruit Exchange and Spitalfields Market | 54 | 7 | 2 | |
| Railway Depots | 30 | 12 | 1 | 19 |
| Zeebrugge-Harwich Train Ferry (at Bishopsgate Goods Station) | 20 | 19. | 3 | 23 |
| Other premise | 99 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| • | 599 | 8 | 1 | 22 |
More than half of this total, i.e. 338 tons, was allowed
'to be used for animal feeding purposes or for manufacturing
purposes, other than for human consumption. This
included 22 tons of dried cut peel and 296 tons of canned
barracouta fish (the latter, detained at several of the
wharves during 1949, were re-labelled and used as pet food).
Over 3,000 condemnation certificates were issued during
the year.
Zeebrugge -Harwich Train Ferry. 297 special midnight
or early morning visits were made to Bishopsgate Goods
Station for the purpose of examining 4,450 trucks of foodstuffs
arriving from the following countries:-