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
Finsbury 1903
Report on the public health of 1903
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| Date of Trial. | Name and Address. | Article | Where seized and Name of Inspector. | Penalty and Costs inflicted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct. 16 | William Field, 2, Doria Road, Fulham, S.W. | Sixteen pieces of mutton, weighing 38 lbs.—unsound . This was foreign meat and had been frozen, the whole of it was in an advanced stage of decomposition, being in parts green in colour and smelling offensively. | At a stall in Exmouth Street, Finsbury (Inspector Billing) | £10 and 2s. costs. |
| Nov. 20 | The Glazed Pressed Beef Co., Limited, Secretary, A. Goodridge, Registered Office, 223, Pentonville Road, Finsbury | Ninety-six pieces of pork and a case of pork pieces, weighing 193 lbs.—unsound. The greater portion of the 96 pieces were pickled or salted pigs' cheeks which had been boned and from which the meat also had been removed and which were issued for making gelatine. The case or box of pork pieces were American and had been frozen. The whole of this meat was badly decomposed. | 25, Warren Street, Finsbury(Inspector Billing) | £50 and £5 5s. costs. |
| Dec. 10 | Lipton Limited. Secretary, W. S.Carmichael, Registered Office, City Road, Finsbury | Two pork kidneys and I piece of pork, weighing 52 lbs.— diseased. This pork was diseased with advanced generalized tuberculosis. 28 tubercular glands and nodules were found, many embedded in the deeper parts, and several in the muscular tissue. The tubercles were purulent, and varied in size from a pea to a hazel nut. There where several cysts in the kidneys, and also some yellowish spots about the size of a small pea. | At a sausage factory in Cayton Street, City Road, Finsbury(Inspector Billing) | £25 and £, 5s. costs |