London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Greenwich 1962
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Greenwich Borough]
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current year amounted to 10,473 cartons from which 78 samples
were taken before the commodity was sent for canning.
Rumanian Boneless Horse Meat.—Importations of this kind
recently received into the London wharves were causing the Port
Health Authority some anxiety due to its poor bacterial quality.
A small consignment of 348 bags of horse meat arriving at one
of the Cold Stores in the Borough was sampled and found to be
bacteriologically satisfactory.
New Zealand Boneless Veal.—Ten cartons of a small consignment
of 12 were destroyed after being proved to be contaminated
by Salmonella typhimurium.
| Country of Origin | Quantity Imported | Containers Sampled | No. of Positives |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5,680x50 lb. cartons | 522 | 3 | |
| 612x44 lb. cartons | 59 | — | |
| 111 x 100 lb. cartons | 15 | — | |
| 30 x 120 lb. cartons | 5 | — | |
| 15x150 lb. cartons | 10 | — | |
| Denmark | 140 x1121b. drums | 5 | — |
| 404 x 33 lb. boxes | 41 | — | |
| 80 x 56 lb. cartons | 8 | — | |
| Sweden | 40 x 110 lb. drums | 8 | — |
| 30 x 150 lb. drums | 3 | — | |
| China | 120 x 1101b. tins | 17 | 3 |
| 33 x 175 lb. drums | 13 | — | |
| 13 x 100 lb. drums | 2 | — | |
| 12,458x44 lb. tins | 241 | 4 | |
| Poland | 500 x 44 lb. cartons | 45 | 2 |
| China | 950 x 1101b. tins | 75 | 2 |
| Holland | 629 x 100 lbs. bags | 90 | 3 |
| 649 x 112 lb. cartons | 56 | — | |
| 13 x 168 lb. drums | 5 | — | |
| Denmark | 40 x 50 lb. cartons | 3 | — |
| 14x40 lb. cartons | 3 | — | |
| 198x39 lb. tins | 8 | — | |
| Mexico | 1,678x66 lb. boxes | 35 | — |
| South Africa | 20 x 56 lb. cartons | 4 | — |
| Canada | 12x44 lb. cartons | 3 | — |
| Australia | 40 x 56 lb. tins | 5 | — |