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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
City of London 1914
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London, City of ]
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Offal.
| Beef. | Pork. | Calves. | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heads. | Tongues. | Lungs. | Hearts. | Livers. | Stomachs. | Spleens. | Mesentery. | Intestines. | Kidneys. | Heads. | Lungs. | Hearts. | Livers. | Mesentery. | Kidneys. | Lung. | Hearts. | Livers. | |
| 1914 | 37 | 53 | 17 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1,785 | 153 | 153 | 160 | 37 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 1913 | 20 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 2,690 | 211 | 204 | 224 | 90 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Tons. cwts. qrs. lbs.
Total weight of Tuberculous Meat seized in the Central Markets, 1914 50 2 2 7
„ „ „ „ „ 1913 53 2 1 27
Leadenhall Market and City Shops.
The Leadenhall Market and City Shops have been carefully inspected during the
year, and tbe following table shows the variety of unsound food dealt with:—
Unsound Food Destroyed.
| Poultry and Game. | Rail | 2 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capercailzies | 164 | Snipe | 1,425 | ||
| Curlew | 3 | Starlings | 2 | ||
| Chickens and Pouissins | 1,005 | Storks | 3 | ||
| Crow | 1 | Turkeys | 198 | ||
| Ducks | 1,207 | Teal | 273 | ||
| Divers | 1 | W oodcocks | 76 | ||
| Fowls | 4,353 | Widgeons | 64 | ||
| Game (Unclassified) | 1,429 | Eggs. | |||
| Gulls | 13 | ||||
| Geese | 181 | Plovers | 1,190 | ||
| Grouse | 737 | Hens | 3,442 | ||
| Gosling | 1 | Ducks | 50 | ||
| Game, Black | 440 | Meat and Offal. | |||
| Guinea Fowls | 80 | ||||
| Hazel Hens | 1,891 | Beef (Aitch Bone) | 1 | ||
| Hares | 755 | Deer | 10 | ||
| Herons | 2 | Feet (Calves') | 104 | ||
| Leverets | 3 | Fish (Various) box | 1 | ||
| Ortlands | 23 | Heads (Pigs') | 1 | ||
| Oyster Catcher | 1 | „ (Calves) | 2 | ||
| Pintail | 1 | Lambs | 1 | ||
| Partridges | 404 | Mutton (Pieces) | 1 | ||
| Ptarmigans | 432 | Offal (Set Calves) | 1 | ||
| Plovers | 509 | Pigs | 4 | ||
| Pigeons | 845 | Plucks (Sows') | 1 | ||
| Pheasants | 709 | Pork (Piece) | 1 | ||
| Pea Hens | 2 | Stomachs (Beef) | 7 | ||
| Quails | 1,694 | Tongues (Sows') | 1 | ||
| Rabbits | 3,304 | Red Herrings barrel | 1 | ||
| Redshank | 1 | Venison (Quarters) | 5 | ||
| Rooks | 41 | „ (Pieces) | 12 | ||
| Tons | cwts. | qrs. | lbs. | ||
| Total for the year 1914 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 15 | |
| „ „ 1913 | 17 | 12 | 0 | 14 | |
| Decrease | 0 | 18 | 1 | 27 | |