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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

St Pancras 1892

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]

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52
UNFIT FOOD.

Table: The following food, unfit for human consumption, was seized during the year.

The following food, unfit for human consumption, was seized during the year.

Date.Description of Articles seized.Remarks.
January 12 th18 Skate
14th1 box of Herrings
March 19th1 Rabbit
April 1st9 barrels of Apples
„ 1st5 bags of Plums
„ 5thSome pieces of Meat
„ 6th3 boxes of Oranges
„ 12 thHalf a basket of Oranges
July 1st2 Hampers of Periwinkles
„ 1st12 Pine-apples
„ 1st7 lbs. of Cherries
„ 1st5 cwt. of Meat
„ 1st110 Pears
„ 1st50 Plums
„ 1st10 lbs. of over-ripe Pears
„ 3rd5 cwt. of unsound Meat
September 1stPine-apple
1stSmall quantity of Plums and Pears
„ 2ndSieve of Pears
„ 2ndUnsound Plums
„ 2ndBasket of Plums
„ 2ndAbout 130 Pears
„ 3rdSmall quantity of Pears ana Plums. 7 lbs. of Plums, and a bushel of Pears
4th3 lbs. of Grapes
4thAbout 60 Pears
4th4 lbs. of Apples
„ 5thSmall quantity of Pears
„ 9th2 boxes of Tomatoes
,, 9thSmall quantity of Pears
„ 16th5 lbs. of Plums
,, 16th30 Tomatoes
,, l7th2 Fowls
,, 24th7 lbs. of Grapes
28th50 Plums
„ 29th6 lbs. of Apples
October 1st10 Cocoa Nuts
21th45 Apples
December 10th1 cwt. of Bananas
20th3 large Skate
„ 21st3 boxes of Herrings