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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 1915
Sixtieth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington
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1915]
INSPECTION OF FOOD.
This duty is performed by Inspector Wilkinson, Certificated Inspector of
Meat. His work during the year has resulted in preventing the sale of a
considerable quantity of unsound or diseased meat, which otherwise would
have found itsway to the public.
Unsound Food.—The total weights of the unsound food dealt with by
the Inspector was 1 ton 10 cwts. 3 qrs. 25 lbs.; as contrasted with *12 tons
0 cwts. 2 qrs. 24 lbs. in 1914.
* This total included 9 tons of damaged sweetmeats removed at owner's request.
The following were the foodstuffs which were seized or surrendered and destroyed:—
| Tons. | cwts. | qrs. | lbs. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meat and offal in slaughterhouses | 0 | 6 | 0 | 18 |
| „ butchers' shops | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 |
| Fish | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 |
| Vegetables and fruits | 0 | 8 | 2 | 15 |
| Fowls | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Turkeys | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| Tons | 1 | 10 | 3 | 25 |
The quantity dealt with in the 14 years during which Mr. Wilkinson has been an inspector was as follows:—
| Tons. | cwts. | qrs. | lbs. | Tons. | cwts. | qrs. | lbs. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1902 | 3 | 17 | 3 | 16 | 1910 | 4 | 1 | l | 25 |
| 1903 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1911 | 4 | 13 | 3 | 7 |
| 1904 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 17 | 1912 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 5 |
| 1905 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 1913 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 13 |
| 1906 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1914 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 24 |
| 1907 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 19.15 | ] | 10 | 3 | 25 |
| 1908 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 22 | 1902-15 | 54 | 0 | 2 | 23 |
| 1909 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 18 | |||||
| Average | 3 | 17 | 0 | 21 |
The quantity of unsound and diseased foodstuffs seized or surrendered and destroyed during the undermentioned periods was as follows:—
| T ons. | cwts. | qrs. | lbs. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st quarter, 1915 | 0 | 5 | l | 5 |
| 2nd ,, | 0 | 14 | I | 3 |
| 3rd „ | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 4th „ | 0 | 5 | I | 11 |
| Total | 1 | 10 | 3 | 25 |