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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
Islington 1905
Fiftieth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington
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The following is a summary of the food stuffs destroyed during each quarter:—
| 1st Quarter. | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |