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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 FRUIT, VEGETABLES,
TINNED FOOD, &c.
Three hundred and twelve cartloads
of unsound food were removed by the Cleansing
Department and destroyed as trade refuse at
Letts' Wharf, at the written request and expense
of the owners.
The material so disposed of comprised:—
| Vegetables and Fruit | 276 loads |
| Condensed Milk | 15 „ |
| Fish and Tinned Meat | 16 „ |
| Cheese | 4 „ |
| Miscellaneous | 1 „ |
| Total | 312 loads |
The number of loads dealt with in the years
1897, 1898 and 1899 were 325, 250 and 452
respectively.
The above included upwards of ninety
F