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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 1900
Report on the proceedings of the Public Health (Sanitary) Department of the Corporation of London during the year 1900
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UNSOUND FOOD, 1900.
The Inspectors seized 961 tons 13 cwts. 2 qrs. 14 lbs. as unfit for the food of man, classified as under:—
| 1900. | Diseased. | Putrid. | Animals killed by accident. | Poultry. | Offal. | Fish. | Total. | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| tons. | cwts | qrs. | lbs. | tons. | cwts | qrs. | lbs. | tons. | cwts. | qrs. | lbs. | tons. | cwts. | qrs. | lbs. | tons. | cwts. | qrs. | lbs. | tons. | cwts | qrs. | lbs. | tons. | cwts. | qrs. | lbs. | |
| First Quarter | 36 | 14 | 3 | 20 | 79 | 6 | 2 | 22 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 30 | 9 | 3 | 25 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 167 | 7 | 2 | 0 |
| Second „ | 25 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 152 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 220 | 15 | 3 | 23 |
| Third „ | 11 | 11 | 2 | 27 | 312 | 5 | 0 | 24 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 25 | 26 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 44 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 399 | 1 | 2 | 18 |
| Fourth „ | 23 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 81 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 34 | 11 | 3 | 26 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 26 | - | 172 | 8 | 2 | 1 | |||
| Total | 97 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 625 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 37 | 12 | 1 | 11 | 103 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 97 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 961 | 13 | 2 | 14 |