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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
Bethnal Green 1902
The Chief Inspector's seventh annual report on the work of the public health and housing department for the year ending December 31st 1902
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SEPTEMBER.
Sept. 5.—Mussels, 1 bag; Usk Street.
,, 10.—Pears, 1 peck; Brick Lane.
,, 10.—Apples, ½ peck; Brick Lane.
,, 13.—Tomatoes, 4 lbs.; Mile End Gate.
,, 20.—Skate, 56 lbs.; Old Bethnal Green Road..
,, 25.—Bananas, 2 dozen; Stepney.
,, 26.—Bananas, 1 dozen; Bethnal Green Road.
,, 27.—Bananas, 3 dozen; Mile End Gate.
,, 27.—Chines of Mutton, 3; Blythe Street.
OCTOBER.
Oct. 7.—Mackerel, 1 trunk; Brick Lane.
,, 9.— Skate, about 1 ewt.; Chilton Street.
,, 10.—Meat, about 6 lbs.; Green Street.
,, 14.—Meat, about 6 lbs.; Blythe Street.
,, 17.—Herrings, 1 barrel; Bacon Street.
,, 17.—Whiting, 1 trunk; Green Street.
„ 19.—Bananas, 2 cases; Digby Street.
„ 20.—Whiting, 1 trunk; Bishops Road.
,, 22.—Plums, 533 baskets; G.E.R. Co.
„ 25.—Onions, 2 pecks; Mile End Gate.
NOVEMBER.
Nov. 6.—Skate, about 56 lbs.; Chilton Street.
„ 7.—Potatoes, 79 bags; G. E. R. Co.
,, 11.—Soles, 1 case; Menotti Street.
,, 12.—Haddocks, 1 trunk; Bacon Street.
,, 26.—Fish, about 20 lbs.; Buxton Street.
DECEMBER.
Dec. 24.—Rabbits, 3; Bethnal Green Road.
„ 27 —Rabbits, about 4 lbs.; Hackney Road.
,, 27.—Rabbits, about 3 lbs.; Green Street.
,, 31.—Meat, about 30 lbs.; Green Street.
Total amount of Meat removed, about 218 lbs.
,, Fish „ ,, 998 lbs.
,, Rabbits ,, ,, 48 lbs.
,, Fruit, etc.,, ,, 598 bushels.