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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 1922
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Port of London]
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TABLE XXXI.
Quantity and Description of Unsound Food Seized and Destroyed for the Year ending
31st December, 1922.
| Original Packages. | Sundry Quantities by Weight. | Loose Articles. | Approximate Total Weight of Goods Destroyed. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Description. | Tons | Cwts. | Qrs. | Lbs. | No. | Description. | Tons | Cwts. | Qrs. | Lbs. | |
| MEAT— Fresh and Frozen— | ||||||||||||
| Beef | 586 | quarters, crops, &c | — | 1 | 2 | 12 | 155 | pieces & bags trimmings | 51 | 5 | 0 | 25 |
| Mutton and Lamb | 2,423 | carcases, &c. | — | 10 | 1 | 23 | 1,036 | pieces & bags trimmings | 52 | 11 | 2 | 2 |
| Veal, Pork and Offal | 447 | various | 1 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 492 | various | 20 | 12 | 3 | 5 |
| Sausages | 2 | boxes | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 11 |
| Preserved— | ||||||||||||
| Tinned | 603 | cases | — | — | — | — | 880 | tins | 14 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| Smoked and Salted | 3 | casks | — | — | — | — | 2 | pieces | — | 4 | 2 | 5 |
| RABBITS— | ||||||||||||
| Frozen | 1 | crate | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tinned | 3 | cases | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| POULTRY and GAME | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| FISH— | ||||||||||||
| Preserved, Dried | 7 | boxes, &c. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| ,, Tinned and Bottled | 588 | cases | — | — | — | — | 3,887 | tins | 16 | 13 | 0 | 27 |
| Shell | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Wet | 116 | cases | — | — | — | — | — | — | 13 | 13 | 0 | 24 |
| FRUIT— | ||||||||||||
| Fresh | 7,851 | various | — | — | — | — | — | — | 220 | 9 | 1 | 26 |
| Preserved, Dried | 8,259 | various | — | — | — | — | — | — | 249 | 6 | 1 | 24 |
| ,, Tinned and Bottled | 5,614 | cases | — | — | — | — | 2,922 | tins | 268 | 15 | 3 | 25 |
| ,, Jam and Marmalade | 668 | cases | — | — | — | — | 1,717 | tins | 44 | 14 | 1 | 7 |
| VEGETABLES— | ||||||||||||
| Fresh | 469 | bags,&c. | — | — | — | — | — | — | 22 | 15 | 0 | 10 |
| Preserved, Dried | — | — | l | 15 | 1 | 26 | — | — | 1 | 15 | 1 | 26 |
| „ Tinned | 211 | cases | — | — | — | — | — | — | 15 | 10 | 3 | 16 |
| NUTS— | ||||||||||||
| Whole | 11,039 | bags | — | 13 | 0 | 14 | — | — | 448 | 12 | 1 | 14 |
| PROVISIONS— | ||||||||||||
| Cocoa | 13 | bags | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 5 | 1 | 10 |
| Butter, Cheese, Lard, Margarine | 192 | crates,&c. | 1 | 15 | 2 | 24 | — | — | 3 | 5 | 1 | 8 |
| Condensed Milk | 3,993 | cases | — | — | — | — | 1,917 | tins | 101 | 17 | 3 | 19 |
| Preserved Foods | 87 | cases, &c. | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 43 | tins | 6 | 8 | 2 | 9 |
| Biscuits and Confectionery | 102 | cases | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8 | 10 | 1 | 14 |
| Sugar | 6,123 | bags,&c. | — | — | — | — | — | — | 342 | 8 | 0 | 23 |
| Sugar Sweepings | — | — | 356 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3,913 | bags | 356 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| GRAIN— | ||||||||||||
| Wheat, Maize, Barley, Rice, &c. | 8,759 | bags | 1432 | 9 | 2 | 10 | — | — | 1,432 | 9 | 2 | 10 |
| MEAL and FLOUR | 3,449 | bags | 20 | 11 | 0 | 19 | — | — | 239 | 9 | 2 | 1 |
| EGGS | 5 | cases | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 3 | 15 |
| EGG YOLK | 167 | casks, &c. | — | — | — | — | — | — | 21 | 8 | 2 | 11 |
| DRUGS | 39 | cases | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| SUNDRIES | 258 | various | — | — | — | — | — | — | 32 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 62,077 | Bags, cases, etc. | 1817 | 12 | 3 | 11 | 16,964 | Various | 3989 | 12 | 2 | 3 | |
| Approximate weight of goods destroyed during the Year 1913 | 2,458 | 0 | 2 | 21 | ||||||||
| „ „ „ „ 1914 | 1,184 | 11 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| „ „ „ „ 1915 | 3,118 | 5 | 3 | 19 | ||||||||
| „ „ „ „ 1916 | 5,664 | 9 | 2 | 5 | ||||||||
| „ „ „ „ 1917 | 4,847 | 8 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||
| „ „ „ „ 1918 | 1,200 | 7 | 0 | 27 | ||||||||
| „ „ „ „ 1919 | 2,829 | 15 | 0 | 19 | ||||||||
| „ „ „ „ 1920 | 4,102 | 4 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||
| „ „ „ „ 1921 | 2,616 | 17 | 0 | 16 | ||||||||
| „ „ „ „ 1922 | 3,989 | 12 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||
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