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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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| Article. | Number. | How packed. | Country of Origin. | Cause for destruction. | Tons | cwts. | qrs. | lbs. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brought forward | 48 | 8 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| Mutton Pieces | Unenumerated | — | Australia | Brine stain | 0 | 0 | 2 | 24 |
| Ditto | Ditto | — | Ditto | Mouldy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Ditto | Ditto | — | Ditto | Damaged | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| Ditto | Ditto | — | Argentina | Decomposed | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| Ditto | Ditto | — | Ditto | Mouldy | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| Ditto | Ditto | — | Ditto | Brine stain | 0 | 1 | 0 | 25 |
| Offal (various) | Ditto | In boxes | Not ascertained | Decomposed | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Poultry | Ditto | Ditto | Ditto | Ditto | 0 | 6 | 3 | 8 |
| Pork (hams) | 80 | Ditto | United States of America, | Ditto | 0 | 10 | 2 | 13 |
| Rabbits | 8 Cases | In cases | Not ascertained | Ditto | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 |
| Suet | — | Ditto | Argentina | Ditto | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Sweetbreads (ox) | — | Ditto | Ditto | Ditto | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| Tails (ox) | — | Ditto | Ditto | Ditto | 0 | 10 | 1 | 6 |
| Tongues (ox) | 306 | Ditto | Ditto | Diseased | 0 | 14 | 1 | 7 |
| Ditto | 5 | Ditto | Ditto | Injury | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 |
| Tripe | — | In boxes | Ditto | Decomposed | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Venison Carcases | — | Not ascertained | Ditto | 0 | 1 | 3 | 14 | |
| Venison Pieces | — | — | Ditto | Ditto | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| Eggs | 218 | In tins | Ditto | Ditto | 1 | 3 | 1 | 12 |
| Turtle | 1 | — | Ditto | Ditto | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Total for 1914 | 57 | 1 | 0 | 19 | ||||
| Total for 1913 | 56 | 16 | 2 | 18 | ||||
| Increase | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
ALDGATE MARKET AND SLAUGHTERHOUSES.
The reduction in the number of animals slaughtered at Aldgate is accounted for by
the high prices and the scarcity of first class quality cattle, together with the fact that
very few aged cows are now slaughtered in the City.
Bye-law No. 19 provides that "Every occupier of a slaughterhouse who shall
intend to slaughter any animal in such slaughterhouse, or to cause or to permit any
animal to be slaughtered therein, at any time other than between the hours of seven
o'clock in the forenoon and three o'clock in the afternoon on a Sunday, or between the
hours of six o'clock in the forenoon and nine o'clock in the afternoon of any other day,
shall give to the Corporation at least three hours' notice in writing of such intention."
The following table shows the number of hours of additional duty which resulted
from the operation of this Bye-law during the year 1914:—
Weekdays. Sundays.
No. of Notices received. Before 6 a.m. After 9 p.m. Before 7 a.m. After 3 p.m.
Hours. Hours. Hours. Hours.
129 6¾ 280½ 1 18