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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
Port of London 1909
Report for the year ended 31st December 1909 of the Medical Officer of Health for the Port of London
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| Date. | Name of Vessel. | Where from. | Where lying. | Description and quantity of foreign meat in respect of which Certificates were issued. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1909. April 2 | "Rubis," of Antwerp | Ostend | Tilbury Dock | 48 pig carcasses. |
| „ 5 | "Minnetonka" | New York | Ditto | 50 barrels salted pork. |
| „ 5 | "La Blanca" | Buenos Ayres | Royal Victoria Dock. | 242 bags and 150 cases ox-cheeks. |
| „ 8 | "Wakanui" | New Zealand | Ditto | 10 boxes ox-cheeks. |
| „ 10 | "Topaze," of Antwerp | Ostend | Tilbury Dock | 2 pig carcasses. |
| „ 16 | "Saphir," of Antwerp | Ditto | Ditto | 1 pig carcass |
| „ 20 | "Star of Ireland" | La Plata | Royal Victoria Dock. | 84 bags tenders, 250 packages ox-cheeks, and 520 bags ox-skirts. |
| „ 21 | "El Argentino," of London | Buenos Ayres | Ditto | 418 bags and 120 packages ox-cheeks. |
| 22 | "Papanui," of | New Zealand | Ditto | 5 crates pig kidneys. |
| „ 26 | "Koningen Regentes," of Amsterdam. | Flushing | Queenborough | 4 pig carcasses. |
| 30 | "Topaze," of Antwerp | Ostend | Tilbury Dock | 1 pig carcass. |
| May 1 | "Otaki" | Lyttelton | Royal Victoria Dock. | 22 packages ox-cheeks. |
| „ 12 | "Cambrian" | Boston | Royal Albert Dock. | 83 pig carcasses. |
| „ 13 | "Tongariro " | Lyttelton | Royal Victoria Dock. | 27 cases ox-cheeks. |
| ” 17 | "Manchester City," of Manchester. | Buenos Ayres | Ditto | 75 cases and 278 bags ox-cheeks. |
| June 2 | "Waimate" | Lyttelton | Ditto | 23 packages ox-cheeks. |
| „ 4 | " Highland Scot" | La Plata | Ditto | 19 bags ox-tenders. |
| „ 9 | "Anglian" | Boston | Royal Albert Dock. | 43 pig carcasses. |
| „ 14 | "Star of England " | Buenos Ayres | Royal Victoria Dock. | 26 bags ox-tenders, and 250 bags ox-cheeks. |
| „ 19 | "Guardiuna " | Ditto | Ditto | 100 cases and 149 bags ox-cheeks. |
| July 10 | "Buteshire" | Lyttelton | Ditto | 29 cases ox-cheeks. |
| „ 10 | "Cambrian" | Boston | Royal Albert Dock. | 150 pig carcasses. |
| „ 13 | "LaBlanca" | Buenos Ayres | Royal Victoria Dock. | 200 cases and 274 bags ox-cheeks. |
| ,, 22. | "Philadelphian " | Boston | Royal Albert Dock. | 145 pig carcasses. |
| ,, 23 | "Kiapara " | Lyttelton | Royal Victoria Dock. | 27 cases ox-cheeks. |
| „ 26 | "Opawa" | New Zealand | Ditto | 28 boxes ox-cheeks. |
| „ 26 | "Palermo" | China | Royal Albert Dock. | 216 cases pig offal. |
| Aug. 4 | "Rippingham Grange" | Australia | Royal Victoria Dock. | 152 pig carcasses. |
| „ 4 | "Wyandotte" | Buenos Ayres | Ditto | 200 bags ox-cheeks. |
| 11 | "ElArgentino," of London | Ditto | Ditto | 400 cases ox-cheeks, and 397 bags ox-cheeks. |
| „ 11 | "Anglian" | Boston | Royal Albert Dock. | 75 pig carcasses. |