Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Port of London]
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TABLE XXXV.
Quantity and Description of Unsound Food Seized and Destroyed for the Year ending
31st December, 1923.
Original Packages. | Sundry Quantities by Weight. | Loose Articles. | Approximate Total Weight of Goods Destroyed. | |||||||||
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No. | Description. | Tons | Cwts. | Qrs. | Lbs. | No. | Description. | Tons | Cwts. | Qrs. | Lbs. | |
MEAT- | ||||||||||||
Fresh and Frozen- | ||||||||||||
Beef | 341 | quarters, crops, &c. | - | 5 | 1 | 12 | 164 | pieces & bags trimmings | 30 | 18 | 1 | 2 |
Mutton and Lamb | 2,302 | carcases, &c. | l | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3,539 | pieces & bags trimmings | 84 | 16 | 3 | 23 |
Veal, Pork and Offal | 591 | various | - | 2 | 1 | 10 | 216 | various | 21 | 6 | 2 | 23 |
Sausages | 12 | boxes | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 17 | 2 | 14 |
Preserved- | ||||||||||||
Tinned | 292 | cases | - | - | - | - | 329 | tins | 9 | 14 | 1 | 9 |
Smoked and Salted | 1 | bag | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 10 |
Sundry | 19 | bags | - | 15 | 0 | 0 | 25 | various | 2 | 13 | 0 | 2 |
RABBITS- | ||||||||||||
Frozen | 37 | crates | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
Tinned | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | tins | - | - | - | 20 |
POULTRY and GAME | 107 | cases, &c. | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | 1 | 25 |
FISH- | ||||||||||||
Preserved, Dried | 2 | barrels | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 0 |
,, Tinned and Bottled | 437 | cases | - | - | - | - | 1,835 | tins | 10 | 13 | 2 | 18 |
Shell | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Wet | 10 | boxes | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 0 | 20 |
FRUIT- | ||||||||||||
Fresh | 11,121 | various | - | - | - | - | - | - | 262 | 14 | 1 | 18 |
Preserved, Dried | 9,507 | various | - | - | - | - | - | - | 260 | 12 | 3 | 26 |
,, Tinned and Bottled | 2,563 | cases | - | - | - | - | 1,667 | tins | 75 | 15 | 0 | 11 |
Jam and Marmalade | 161 | cases | - | - | - | - | 629 | tins | 6 | 12 | 2 | 7 |
VEGETABLES- | ||||||||||||
Fresh | 21 | bags,&c. | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Preserved, Dried | - | - | 4 | 15 | 0 | 14 | - | - | 4 | 15 | 1 | 14 |
„ Tinned | 140 | cases | - | - | - | - | 149 | tins | 6 | 8 | 1 | 10 |
NUTS- | ||||||||||||
Whole | 134 | bags,&c. | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 12 | 18 | 2 | 9 |
Sundry | 38 | cases | - | 2 | 0 | 15 | - | - | 1 | 11 | 2 | 23 |
PROVISIONS- | ||||||||||||
Tea | 248 | packages | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | 17 | 1 | 26 |
Cocoa | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Coffee | 9 | packages | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | 3 | 17 |
Butter, Cheese, Lard, Margarine | 72 | crates,&c. | - | 14 | 2 | 27 | - | - | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
Condensed Milk | 665 | cases | - | - | - | - | 46 | tins | 14 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
Preserved Foods | 147 | cases. &c. | - | 16 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 6 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
Biscuits and Confectionery | 342 | cases | - | - | - | - | - | - | 14 | 7 | 0 | 8 |
Sugar | 69 | bags | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 0 | 3 | 26 |
Sugar Sweepings | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5,731 | bags | 483 | 12 | 1 | 21 |
GRAIN- | ||||||||||||
Wheat, Maize, Barley, Rice, &c. | 50 | bags | 229 | 19 | 2 | 8 | - | - | 229 | 19 | 2 | 8 |
MEAL and FLOUR | 2,113 | bags | 7 | 11 | 2 | 8 | - | - | 14 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
EGGS | 4 | cases | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 0 |
EGG YOLK | 79 | casks,&c. | - | - | - | - | - | - | 15 | 1 | 3 | 12 |
DRUGS | 42 | cases | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13 | 1 | 9 |
SUNDRIES | 395 | various | - | - | - | - | - | - | 31 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
32,372 | Bags, cases, etc. | 249 | 9 | 1 | 18 | 14,340 | Various | 1,751 | 9 | 0 | 19 | |
Approximate weight of goods destroyed during the Year 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 | ||||||||
„ „ „ 1923 | 1,751 | 9 | 0 | 19 |
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