London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Poplar 1905
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
This page requires JavaScript
185
large quantity in the room. The whole of the place, utensils,
apparatus and implements were in a neglected condition and filthy
to a degree, and the stock of pulps appeared to be stored with an
utter disregard for its maintenance in a good condition.
All the tinned pulps were then minutely examined, and all the
pulp that was obviously bad was then seized and removal proceeded
with for condemnation by a magistrate. The quantity removed
from Maverton Road, amounting to over 2½ tons, and from the
Old Ford Road premises, over 15 tons, totalling in all about 17½
tons, which were conveyed in 15 vans to Worship Street Police
Court, and after examination by the presiding magistrates the whole
was condemned and an order made for its destruction.
The condemned pulp was contained in about 2,750 tins, jars and
barrels and amounted in all to about 40,000 lbs. in weight.
The quantities of the various pulps destroyed are as follows: —
| tons. | cwt. | qrs. | lbs. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raspberry Pulp | 2 | 17 | 3 | 22 |
| Gooseberry „ | 5 | 13 | 3 | 0 |
| Apricot „ | 5 | 8 | 2 | 18 |
| Strawberry „ | 7 | 0 | 16 | |
| Red Currant „ | 12 | 2 | 0 | |
| Plum „ | 10 | 2 | 0 | |
| Black Currant Pulp | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Blackberry „ | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Peach and Melon Pulp | 3 | 0 | 24 | |
| Orange „ | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| Assorted „ | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| Various „ | 2 | 3 | 2 | |
| Bad Jam | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| 17 | 16 | 0 | 2 |