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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226 Beef Livers, 99 Beef Kidneys, 54 Beef Offals, 14 ctns. Beef Briskets,
3 Beef Tongues, 1 bag Beef Cheeks, 1 ctn. Beef Flanks, 6 ctns. Boneless
Beef, 1 ctn. Beef Shins, 1 ctn. Beef Hinds, 2,956 Lambs, 8 Lamb Livers,
10 Lamb Legs, 7 ctns. and 55 Lambs Loins, 52 Lamb Hearts, 5 Ewe parts,
2 Ewe Shoulders, 1 Ewe, 12 Wethers, 6 Wether Legs, 3 Sheep parts, 14 Sheep
Hearts, 4 Sheep Legs, 2 Sheep Shoulders, 250 Ox Livers, 63 Ox Kidneys,
15 Ox Hearts, 3 ctns. Ox Crops, 2 ctns. Ox Chucks, 1 ctn. Ox Cheeks, 20
Ox Tails, 22 Ox Flanks, 1 ctn. Boneless Mutton, 3 Mutton Legs, 3 Mutton
Shoulders, 95 Rabbits, 24 Rabbit Hinds, 2 Veal Legs, 3 ctns. Veal Trunks,
6 Pork Sides, 89 ctns. Pork Livers, 1 ctn. Cow Crops, 3 ctns. Chucks and
blades, 1 Goat Kidney, 79 bags Mixed Offal, 44 ctns. Pomfret Fish, 204
ctns. Sausages, Quantity Butter Trimmings — diseased, dock water damaged,
faecal contamination, dirty, loose-collected, iced, bloodstained, sour, stale,
bacterial contamination, oil stained, paint stained, brine stained, rodent
damaged, soft, wet and decomposed. 54 16
649 bags damaged Tea and Tea Sweepings - for chemical and fertiliser manufacture | 46 | 6 |
30 chests Tea — excess stalk - for blending | 1 | 0 |
1,331 bags Flour — sea water damaged — for reconditioning | 82 | 18 |
90 ctns. Sultanas — wet damaged — for manufacturing purposes | 4 | 2 |
5 bags Sugar — sweepings — for refining | 5 | |
843'ctns. Apricot Jam — mould around lids - for reconditioning | 8 | 11 |
10 ctns. Canned Meat (unlabelled) — said to be dog food — for use as petfood samples | 2 | |
55 bags Dried Fish — infested — fumigation | 1 | 2 |
12 ctns. and 6 bags Tuna Fish — inedible — for sterilisation for petfood | 10 | |
69 Sheep Livers — inedible — for sterilisation for petfood | 1 | 19 |
114 drums Oleo Stearine — uncertificated — for soap manufacture | 23 | 11 |
18 ctns. Butter — rancid and dirty - for processing | 8 | |
11 ctns. Veal Legs - dirty - for sterilisation for petfood | 6 | |
8 ctns. Boneless Veal — bacterial contamination - for sterilisation for petfood | 4 | |
1,586 ctns. Mixed Offal — loose collected, dock water damaged — for sterilisation for petfood | 32 | 12 |
5,989 ctns. Beef — oil tainted — for reconditioning | 438 | 14 |
4 ctns. Beef Crops — bacterial contamination — for sterilisation for petfood | 1 | |
58 ctns. Calf Lungs — inedible — for sterilisation for petfood | 1 | 17 |
122 ctns. Lamb Lungs — inedible for sterilisation for petfood | 4 | 11 |
235 ctns. Beef Lungs and Livers — inedible for sterilisation for petfood | 6 | 17 |
194 ctns. Boneless Veal — inedible — for sterilisation for petfood | 5 | 14 |
53 ctns. Beef Livers — lymph glands absent — for pharmaceutical purposes | 15 | |
336 ctns. Beef Lungs — lymph glands absent — for sterilisation for petfood | 15 | 17 |
523 ctns. Sheep and Lamb Lungs — inedible — for sterilisation for petfood | 16 | 9 |
Quantity Meat and Offal — various reasons for condemnation — for sterilisation for petfood | 58 | 11 |
281 bags Beans — dock water damaged | 16 | 7 |
8 bags Beans — sweepings | 6 | |
156 ctns. Currants — wet damaged | 2 | 7 |
11 ctns. Currants — oil stained | 2 | |
278 ctns. Milk Powder — damaged and leaky bags | 7 | 4 |
77 bags Milk Powder — dock water damaged | 2 | 7 |
128 bags Rice - wet damaged | 5 | 12 |
8 bags Rice — dirty | 5 | |
494 bags Flour — wet damaged | 30 | 17 |
90 bags Flour — contaminated with carbon black | 5 | 12 |
85 bags Flour - caked and dirty | 5 | 6 |
5 bags Flour — contaminated with bird droppings | 6 | |
Quantity Flour — ship's rejected stores | 5 | 14 |
8 bags Peas — sweepings | 9 | |
Quantity Yellow Corn — river water damaged | 150 | 0 |
24 ctns. Sultanas — wet stained | 7 | |
7 bags Shelled Almonds — wet and mildewed | 3 | |
Quantity Grain — dock water damaged | 210 | 0 |
400 bags Wheat Germ — wet damaged | 29 | 6 |
Quantity Wheat Gluten - dock water damaged | 1 | 2 |
5 ctns. Glaxo — dock water damaged | 2 | |
201 bags Groundnuts — wet damaged | 2 | 10 |