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Poplar 1927

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]

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67
Foodstuffs Destroyed.
(a) Condemned at Slaughterhouse Inspections:—
(i) Beef 12 cwt. 0 qr. 3lb.
(13 briskets; 10 flanks; 5 middle ribs; 7 back ribs; 7 skirts; 3 rumps;
8 fore-ribs; 3 loins.)
Pork (2 loins) 14 lbs.
(ii) Organs condemned and destroyed:—
Bovine:—Lungs, 87; Livers, 62, and parts of, 8; Mesenteries, 38,
and parts of, 3; Omenta, 13; Pancreas, 28; Spleens, 9; Tripes,
7; Heads, 39; Tongues, 40; Udders, 21; Kidneys, 6; Intestines,
4; Heart, 1.
Sheep:—Lungs, 616; Livers, 60, and parts of, 1.
Pigs:—Lungs, 31; Livers, 20; Mesenteries, 9; Omenta, 5; Heads, 5;
Tongues, 5.
(b) Surrendered by owners as being unsound, or seized while exposed or deposited
for sale:—
23 tins Salmon—Surrendered.
22 tins Pilchards—Surrendered.
1 tin Apricots—Surrendered.
4 jars Mustard Pickles—Surrendered.
1 jar Pickled Onions—Surrendered.
1 jar Pickled Cabbage—Surrendered.
84 tins Bloater Paste—Surrendered.
1 ton 18 cwt. 2 qrs. 10 lbs. Fat and Bones (Horse and Bovine)—Surrendered
—see page 84. ,
2 Ox Tails—Surrendered.
2½ Hearts (Bovine)—Surrendered.
1 Head and Tongue—Seized and condemned.
1 fore-end Bacon, 16½ lbs.—Surrendered.
1 Aitch bone; 1 buttock; 1 silverside; 1 thick flank; beef—weight,
1 cwt. 8 lbs.—Surrendered.
3 tons and 7 lbs. Butter scrapings released for soap-making—see p. 83.