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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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COLD STORES.
The following table shows a slight increase in the amount of unsound food
destroyed from the Cold Stores.
Much work has been entailed by the examination of Colonial Meat, &c., upon
which embargos have been placed.
Unsound Food ex Cold Stores.
| Article. | Number. | How packed. | Country of Origin. | Cause for destruction. | Tons | cwts. | qrs. | lbs. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beef Quarters | 2 | — | Australia | Decomposed | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Ditto | 2 | — | Ditto | Mouldy | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16 |
| Ditto | 1 | — | Argentina | Decomposed | 0 | 1 | 2 | 13 |
| Beef Pieces | Unenumerated | — | Ditto | Ditto | 1 | 6 | 3 | 17 |
| Ditto | Ditto | — | Australia | Ditto | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| Ditto | Ditto | — | Ditto | Parasitic affection | 22 | 15 | 1 | 3 |
| Ditto | Ditto | — | Argentina | Brine stain | 0 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| Ditto | Ditto | — | Ditto | Bone taint | 1 | 7 | 3 | 12 |
| Beef (tins) | 549 | In tins | United States of America. | Decomposed | 0 | 14 | 3 | 10 |
| Beef Head Meat | Unenumerated | In bags and cases | Argentina | Ditto | 3 | 6 | 1 | 23 |
| Birds | Ditto | In hampers | Not ascertained | Ditto | 0 | 17 | 3 | 22 |
| Ducks | Ditto | In cases | Ditto | Ditto | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| Fish | Ditto | In boxes | Ditto | Ditto | 0 | 15 | 0 | 12 |
| Fowls | Ditto | In hampers | Ditto | Ditto | 0 | 4 | 0 | 26 |
| Game | Ditto | Ditto | Ditto | Ditto | 0 | 15 | 3 | 16 |
| Hares | 5 c/s | In cases | Australia | Ditto | 0 | 3 | 0 | 14 |
| Hearts (ox) | Unenumerated | In boxes | Argentina | Ditto | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24 |
| Kidneys (sheep) | 233 dozen | Ditto | Ditto | Ditto | 0 | 2 | 2 | 22 |
| Livers (ox) | Unenumerated | Ditto | Ditto | Ditto | 4 | 14 | 3 | 6 |
| Ditto | Ditto | Ditto | Ditto | Parasitic affection | 0 | 10 | 0 | 9 |
| Mutton Carcases | 73 | — | Australia | Decomposed | 1 | 11 | 2 | 19 |
| Ditto | 80 | — | Ditto | Damaged | 1 | 12 | 2 | 13 |
| Ditto | 73 | — | Argentina | Mouldy | 1 | 12 | 0 | 20 |
| Ditto | 21 | — | Ditto | Decomposed | 0 | 5 | 1 | 14 |
| Ditto | 3 | — | Ditto | Brine stain | 0 | 1 | 1 | 19 |
| Mutton Pieces | Unenumerated | — | Australia | Decomposed | 1 | 6 | 2 | 26 |
| Carried forward | 48 | 8 | 0 | 9 |