London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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City of London 1913

[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.Snipe314
Capercailzies10Sparrows82
Chickens528Starlings59
Comorant1Teal72
Curlew2Turkeys144
Deterels7Widgeon49
Divers4Woodcock16
Ducks1,376Eggs.
Fowls2,291
Game, Black71Plovers2,711
Game (Unclassified)435Seagulls50
Geese77Meat and Offal.
Gillinots3
Godwins21Beef (Tinned Salt)90
Grouse860„ (Casks)2
Guinea Fowls43„ (Buttocks)2
Hares402„ (Pieces)174
Hazel Hens526Deer10
Herons3Feet (Calves')29
Jay1Heads (Pigs')5
Landgrouse2Kidney Knobs2
Landrails15Kidneys (Ox)1
Moorhens2„ (Pig)2
Oyster Catchers23„ (Sheep)163
Partridges1,377Livers (Ox)9
Pigeons1,245„ (Rabbits)41
Pintails26Mutton (Pieces)15
Pheasants304Pigs4
Plovers271Plucks (Sheep)1
Ptarmigan187Pork (Piece)1
Quail2,561Tops (Sheep)7
Rabbits3,886Tongues (Ox)5
Redshank5„ (Sheep)3
Sawbill1Venison (Quarters)14
Seagull1„ (Pieces)97
Tonscwts.qrs.lbs.
Total for19121419l2
Ditto19131712014

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