Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Fiftieth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington
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[1905
The following is a summary of the food stuffs destroyed during each quarter:—
1st Quarter. | |||
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cwts. | qrs. | lbs. | |
Diseased meat and organs from slaughter | |||
houses | 3 | 0 | 17 |
Meat, etc., from shops unsound by decomposi | |||
tion, including 6 turkeys surrendered | 0 | 1 | 16 |
Unsound fish | 0 | 1 | 0 |
39 Ox tongues (decomposing) | 1 | 2 | 12 |
Fowls seized and destroyed by order of a J.P.- | 0 | 0 | 15 |
Fruit surrendered as unsound | 0 | 0 | 10 |
Total cwts. | 5 | 2 | 14 |
2nd Quarter. | |||
cwts. | qrs. | lbs. | |
Diseased organs, etc., from slaughterhouses | |||
destroyed by owner's consent - | 2 | o | 15 |
Unsound meat, etc., from shops, destroyed by | |||
owners consent | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Fruit, etc., from shops and stalls, by owner's | |||
consent | 0 | 1 | 8 |
Unsound meat seized and destroyed by | |||
Magistrate's order | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Total cwts. | 3 | 1 | 25 |
3rd Quarter. | |||
cwts. | qrs. | lbs. | |
Diseased meat and organs from slaughter | |||
houses - | 4 | 1 | 7 |
Unsound meat by decomposition, from shops, | |||
etc. | 0 | 2 | 9 |
Total cwts. | 4 | 3 | 16 |