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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 1915
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Port of London]
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TABLE XXVII.
Quantity and Description of Unsound Food Seized and Destroyed for the
Year ending 31st December, 1915.
| Original packages. | Sundry quantities by weight. | Loose Articles. | Approximate Total weight of Goods destroyed. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MEAT— | No. | Description. | Tons. | cwts. | qrs. | lbs. | No. | Description. | Tons. | cwts. | qrs. | lbs. |
| Fresh and Frozen— Beef | 3903 | quarters and crops | 12 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 257 | pieces | 294 | 18 | 2 | 20 |
| Mutton and Lamb | 2,897 | carcases | 3 | 2 | 11 | 369 | pieces | 64 | 1 | 15 | ||
| Veal, Pork and Offal | 4,620 | various | 6,412 | pieces | 71 | 8 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Preserved— | ||||||||||||
| Tinned | 186 | cases | 588 | tins | 6 | 3 | 0 | 15 | ||||
| Smoked and Salted | 272 | casks, &c. | 902 | pieces | 17 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Sundry | ||||||||||||
| RABBITS— | ||||||||||||
| Frozen | 449 | crates | 29 | rabbits | 11 | 11 | 2 | 5 | ||||
| Tinned | 16 | tins | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| POULTRY and GAME— | ||||||||||||
| Frozen | 93 | cases, &c. | 67 | various | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| FISH— | ||||||||||||
| Preserved, Dried | 5 | boxes | ||||||||||
| „ Tinned and Bottled | 156 | cases | 1,002 | tins, &c. | 3 | 7 | 3 | 6 | ||||
| Shell | 5 | barrels | 8 | 3 | 0 | |||||||
| Wet | 21 | cases | 7 | 2 | ||||||||
| FRUIT— | ||||||||||||
| Fresh | 10,119 | various | 309 | 8 | 2 | |||||||
| Preserved, Dried | 3,621 | various | 87 | 12 | 2 | 14 | ||||||
| „ Tinned and Bottled | 115 | cases | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 503 | tins, &c. | 17 | 15 | 0 | 27 |
| „ Jam and Marmalade | 989 | cases | 4 | jars, &c. | 29 | 11 | 3 | 21 | ||||
| VEGETABLES— | ||||||||||||
| Fresh | 1,902 | bags, &c. | 188 | 14 | 1 | 17 | 282 | 6 | 0 | 21 | ||
| Preserved, Dried | 589 | bags, &c. | 67 | tins, &c. | 50 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| NUTS | ||||||||||||
| Whole | 6 | bags, &c. | 3 | 3 | 17 | |||||||
| Desiccated | 481 | bags, &c. | 25 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| PROVISIONS— | ||||||||||||
| Tea | 2,917 | chests, 4c. | 174 | 4 | 4 | 8 | ||||||
| Coffee | 113 | bags | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 18 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Cocoa | 162 | bags, &c. | 19 | tins | 15 | 9 | 3 | 19 | ||||
| Butter, Cheese, Lard, Margarine | 90 | boxes, &c. | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 16 | |||
| Condensed Milk | 8,376 | cases | 1,850 | tins | 179 | 16 | 0 | 24 | ||||
| Prepared Foods | 470 | cases | 3 | tins, &c. | 2 | 10 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Biscuits and Confectionery | 123 | cases | 41 | tins | 20 | 9 | 3 | 9 | ||||
| Sugar | 1 | bottle | 4 | |||||||||
| GRAIN— | ||||||||||||
| Wheat, Maize, Barley, Rice, Ac. | 1189 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 1,189 | 4 | 1 | 17 | ||||
| MEAL and FLOUR | 5 | bags | 2 | tins | 5 | 0 | 2 | |||||
| CONDIMENTS and SPICES - | 186 | bags, &e. | 25 | bottles,&c. | 16 | 15 | 0 | 17 | ||||
| EGGS | 2,320 | cases | 172 | 3 | 3 | 25 | ||||||
| EGG YOLK - | 5 | cases | 3 | 3 | 0 | |||||||
| SUNDRIES | 66 | bales, &c. | 54 | tins, &c. | 9 | 19 | 2 | 9 | ||||
| Total | 45,262 | various | 1453 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 12,211 | various | 3,118 | 5 | 3 | 19 |
| Approximate Total weight of Goods destroyed during the year 1909 | 1,415 | 7 | 0 | 22 | ||||||||
| 1910 | 2,483 | 6 | 2 | 13 | ||||||||
| 1911 | 1,408 | 4 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||
| 1912 | 3,758 | 7 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| 1913 | 2,458 | 0 | 2 | 21 | ||||||||
| 1914 | 1,184 | 11 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| 1915 | 3,118 | 5 | 3 | 19 | ||||||||