Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London, City of ]
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Leadenhall Market and City Shops.
The Leadenhall Markets and City Shops have been carefully inspected during the
year, and the following table shows the variety of knowledge required by the City
Inspectors in dealing with unsound food:—
Unsound Food Destroyed.
| Poultry and Game. | Snipe | 314 | ||||||
| Capercailzies | 10 | Sparrows | 82 | |||||
| Chickens | 528 | Starlings | 59 | |||||
| Comorant | 1 | Teal | 72 | |||||
| Curlew | 2 | Turkeys | 144 | |||||
| Deterels | 7 | Widgeon | 49 | |||||
| Divers | 4 | Woodcock | 16 | |||||
| Ducks | 1,376 | Eggs. | ||||||
| Fowls | 2,291 | |||||||
| Game, Black | 71 | Plovers | 2,711 | |||||
| Game (Unclassified) | 435 | Seagulls | 50 | |||||
| Geese | 77 | Meat and Offal. | ||||||
| Gillinots | 3 | |||||||
| Godwins | 21 | Beef (Tinned Salt) | 90 | |||||
| Grouse | 860 | „ (Casks) | 2 | |||||
| Guinea Fowls | 43 | „ (Buttocks) | 2 | |||||
| Hares | 402 | „ (Pieces) | 174 | |||||
| Hazel Hens | 526 | Deer | 10 | |||||
| Herons | 3 | Feet (Calves') | 29 | |||||
| Jay | 1 | Heads (Pigs') | 5 | |||||
| Landgrouse | 2 | Kidney Knobs | 2 | |||||
| Landrails | 15 | Kidneys (Ox) | 1 | |||||
| Moorhens | 2 | „ (Pig) | 2 | |||||
| Oyster Catchers | 23 | „ (Sheep) | 163 | |||||
| Partridges | 1,377 | Livers (Ox) | 9 | |||||
| Pigeons | 1,245 | „ (Rabbits) | 41 | |||||
| Pintails | 26 | Mutton (Pieces) | 15 | |||||
| Pheasants | 304 | Pigs | 4 | |||||
| Plovers | 271 | Plucks (Sheep) | 1 | |||||
| Ptarmigan | 187 | Pork (Piece) | 1 | |||||
| Quail | 2,561 | Tops (Sheep) | 7 | |||||
| Rabbits | 3,886 | Tongues (Ox) | 5 | |||||
| Redshank | 5 | „ (Sheep) | 3 | |||||
| Sawbill | 1 | Venison (Quarters) | 14 | |||||
| Seagull | 1 | „ (Pieces) | 97 | |||||
| Tons | cwts. | qrs. | lbs. | |||||
| Total for | 1912 | 14 | 19 | l | 2 | |||
| Ditto | 1913 | 17 | 12 | 0 | 14 | |||
COLD STORES.
Another large Cold Storage is in course of erection at the Central Markets for the
Port of London Authority, the capacity of which store will be about 80,000 carcases
of mutton.
As stated in previous Reports, it is difficult to keep constant watch on all goods
leaving the stores at all hours of the day and night. Generally, proprietors give the
meat inspectors every information and assistance required, but occasionally, information
is received, not from the source it should come from, that goods of a doubtful condition