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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 1912
Report for the year ended 31st December 1912 of the Medical Officer of Health for the Port of London
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TABLE XXVII.
Description of Meat Destroyed.
| Year. | Beef. | Mutton. | Veal, Pork, Offal. | Tinned. | Smoked and Salted, &c. | Total. | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tons | cwts. | qrs. | lbs. | Ton. | cwts | qrs | lbs. | Ton | s cwt | qrs. | lbs. | Tons | cwts. | qrs. | lbs. | Tons | acts. | qrs. | lbs. | Tons | cwts. | qrs. | lbs. | |
| 1905 | 335 | 16 | 0 | 27 | 361 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 3 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 708 | 12 | 3 | 16 |
| 1906 | 136 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 94 | 15 | 0 | 8 | 22 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 262 | 0 | 0 | 26 |
| 1907 | 47 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 63 | 6 | 2 | 24 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 63 | 8 | 0 | 22 | 185 | 6 | 3 | 17 |
| 1908 | 47 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 12 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 13 | 78 | 2 | 0 | 17 |
| 1909 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 17 | Pork and Veal— | 2 | 10 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 113 | 9 | 1 | 19 | |||
| 4 | 14 | 7 | 23 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Offal— | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 65 | 4 | 2 | 15 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1910 | 1,100 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 50 | 8 | 1 | 13 | Pork and Veal— | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 32 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 1,234 | 1 | 3 | 24 | |||
| 3 | 5 | 0 | 13 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Offal— | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 44 | 12 | 1 | 19 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1911 | 341 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 25 | 9 | 1 | 6 | Pork and Veal— | 6 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 462 | 11 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 4 | 8 | 1 | 19 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Offal— | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 80 | 19 | 1 | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1912 | 58 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 3 | Pork and Veal— | 5 | 17 | 3 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 108 | 11 | 3 | 6 | |||
| 7 | 14 | 2 | 13 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Offal— | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | 10 | 0 | 10 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Total for eight years | 2,086 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 653 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 271 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 106 | 10 | 0 | 13 | 3,153 | 5 | 1 | 13 |