London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1960
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Port of London]
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| Burnt (Ctd.) | Tons | cwts. |
|---|---|---|
| Quantity meat (diseased and/or rejected stores) | 2 | 15 |
| 11 boats aubergines ('wasty') | 3 | |
| 769 baskets carrots and beetroots ('wasty') | 19 | 4 |
| 163 half bags and quantity loose collected onions ('wasty') | 4 | 9 |
| 11 cases fish (ship's rejected stores) | 2 | |
| Quantity 'wasty' bananas and banana waste | 11 | 9 |
| 966 cartons and cases and 1,687 cans fruits, juices, pulps, vegetables, | ||
| meats and fish (burst, blown or leaky) | 11 | 1 |
| 4 bags almonds (fouled on board ship) | 2 | |
| 4 cartons fruit (dock water damaged) | 1 | |
| 1 cask piping jelly (fermented and sugary) | 3 | |
| 62 crates and 347 sacks yams ('wasty') | 22 | 16 |
| 51 cartons prunes (perished and infested) | 14 | |
| 1 chest tea (dock water damaged) | 1 | |
| 22 bags desiccated coconut (dock water damaged) | 11 | |
| 1 bag and 1 case desiccated coconut (salmonella contamination) | 1 | |
| Quantity meat (dock water damaged, mouldy or decomposed) | 5 | |
| 2 bags flour (dock water damaged) | 2 | |
| 79 sacks granulated sugar (fouled by ship's W.C. emptying over loaded barge) | 7 | 15 |
| Quantity 'wasty' bananas and banana waste | 1,702 | 17 |
| 5 casks chutney (dirty) | 8 | |
| 643 bags onions ('wasty') | 8 | 17 |
| 641 crates beetroots ('wasty') | 6 | 8 |
| 9 bags carrots ('wasty') | 2 | |
| Quantity ship's rejected stores | 1 | |
| 5 bags ground melon seeds (wet damaged) | 4 | |
| 507 cartons crops, 60 cartons veal, 52 cartons ribs, 11 cartons chucks, 14 crops, 8 beef carcases, 1 flank, 2 wethers, 45 sheep, 22 cartons fats 2,610 lambs, 1 fore, 4 hinds, 2 hoggets, 48 ewes, 207 pigs' heads, 125 bags and 60 livers, quantity ships' rejected stores meat and quantity carcase meat and offal (brine stained, decomposed, dirty, dock water damaged, iced, mouldy, diseased, perished, rancid, mis-shapen, stale, out of condition, oil stained) | 90 | 6 |
| † Released for animal feeding | ||
| 538 bags groundnuts (sea water damaged) | 6 | 14 |
| 18 bags beans (wet damaged) | 15 | |
| 9 cases walnuts (moth infested) | 6 | |
| 40 bags chestnuts (perished) | 19 | |
| 525 bags flour (rejected stores) | 11 | 0 |
| 12 bags rice (rejected stores) | 12 | |
| 33 cartons fig paste (dirty and damaged) | 9 | |
| 3 bags sugar (rejected stores) | 1 | |
| 95 cartons currants and sultanas (dirty) | 1 | 2 |
| Quantity 'wasty' bananas | 51 | 6 |
| 224 cases dried apricots (storm water damaged) | 2 | 19 |
| Quantity ships' rejected stores | 1 | 14 |
| 76 bags potatoes ('wasty') | 1 | 17 |
| 150 bags beans (oil stained) | 6 | 11 |
| 8 cartons milk powder (dock water damaged) | 3 | |
| 800 bags dried yeast (rodent damage) | 20 | 0 |
| 83 bags horsemeat and quantity meat (rejected stores meat and old and stale horsemeat) | 3 | 1 |
| 3 bags groundnuts (sweepings) | 1 | |
| 28 bags and quantity loose collected desiccated coconut (dirty) | 2 | 4 |
| t Refining | ||
| 14 bags glucose | 6 | |
| 1,235 bags sugar sweepings | 104 | 1 |
| Quantity raw bulk sugar salvaged from sunken barge | 285 | 0 |
| 35 cartons smoked salmon (prohibited preservative) | 5 | |
| 40 cases Marzipan (prohibited preservative) | 11 | |
| 4 tierces sheep casings (no official certificates) | 1 | 3 |
| 135 bags boneless beef)( do. ) | 7 | 15 |
| 40 cases lard ( do. ) | 1 | 0 |