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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

Port of London 1944

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Port of London]

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8.
FOOD INSPECTION.
The inspection of foodstuffs under the Public Health
(Imported Pood) regulations, 1937? and the Public Health
(Preservatives, 'etc., in Pood) Regulations, 1925 - 1927s resulted
in the seizure and destruction of 1,238 tons of foodstuffs, a
decrease.of'some 600 tons as compared with 1943.

Table: The following is a summary showing the method of disposal of the foodstuffs seized :-

The following is a summary showing the method of disposal of the foodstuffs seized :-

METHODOF DISPOSALWEIGHTAPPROXIMATE. PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL.
Tons. cwts.qrs.lbs.
Reconditioning12.5.3.3.0. 96.
Cattle Food318.15.2.11.25.76.
Refining274.13.3.2.22. 20
Boiling Down167.19.3.9.13. 56
Salvage of Tin-8.0.20.0.02.
Buried131.18.0.14.10 . 66.
Burnt332.2.3..15.26.80
TOTAL1,238.4.0.18.99.98.

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It will be noted from the above table: that 37% of the
foodstuffs seized were totally destroyed, while the remainder'was
put to some useful purpose, following the policy that has been
"adopted during the war 3rears of conserving food supplies either by
careful sorting and reconditioning which has rendered' them, without
•appreciable deterioration of quality, perfectly fit for human
'consumption, or by permitting their use, under suitable guarantee
for 'some useful purpose such as animal or poultry feeding.
APPENDIX 1.
BACTERIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION OF Ri.TS DURING 19UU- ,
r~
BLACK RATS .! BROWN RATS j SPECIES !JNKN0.7N: MICE | Rats
i Total Pound i Trapped Pound {.Trapped; Found Trapped : Found; Trapped. Infect
^Examined Dead'Poisoned DeadiPrisoned Dead. Pdsoned i Dead; Pdsonedj witti
etc. : 'etc. ' I ' etc. ' ' „ , ' etc.: Plagu
1,129 439 608 5 77- - - - Nil