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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 1906
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Port of London]
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9. The onions to be issued under the above scale must be fresh onions
when in season; and, when fresh onions are not in season, an equal amount
of onions, or vegetables preserved in tins, or an equivalent amount of dried or
compressed onions or vegetables in the proportion of one ounce to half-apound
of fresh onions, must be issued.
10. In port:—
(a) soft bread shall be issued in lieu of biscuit ; and
(b) when procurable at a reasonable cost, a pound and a half of fresh
meat and half-a-pound of fresh vegetables shall be issued daily, and, when
fresh meat and fresh vegetables are so issued, salt and preserved meat and
dried or compressed vegetables need not be issued.
11, The stokehold hands are to receive sufficient oatmeal and one quart of
water extra daily while under steam.
SUBSTITUTES AND EQUIVALENTS—NOT TO BE USED WITHOUT
REASONABLE CAUSE.
| Fresh meat | 1½ lbs. | To be considered equal. |
| Salt meat | 1 lb. | |
| Preserved meat | ¾ ” | |
| Coffee | ½ oz. | To be considered equal. |
| Cocoa | ½ ” | |
| Tea | ¼ ” | |
| Flour | 1 lb. | To be considered equal. |
| Biscuit | 1 ” | |
| Rice | 1 „ | |
| Split peas | 1/3 Pt. | To be considered equal when issued with meat rations. |
| Flour | ¾ lb. | |
| Calavances or haricot beans | 1 pt. | |
| Rice | ¾ lb. | |
| Marmalade | 1 lb. | To be considered equal |
| Jam | 1 " | |
| Butter | ½ „ | |
| Mustard | - | To be considered equal. |
| Curry powder | - |
Section 26—Gives power to an inspecting officer appointed under the
Act of 1894 to inspect any provisions or water intended for the use of the
crew of any British ship, and if he finds that the provisions or water are in
any respect deficient in quality, the ship shall be detained until the defects
are remedied to his satisfaction.
Section 27—After the 30th June, 1908, every British foreign-going
ship of 1,000 tons and upwards, going to sea from any place in the