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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 1915
[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. | Mesenteries. | Intestines. | Kidneys. | Heads. | Tongues. | Lungs. | Hearts. | Livers. | Mesenteries. | Kidneys. | Lungs. | Hearts. | Livers. | |
| 1915 | 43 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 5 | — | — | — | 73 | — | 5,141 | 12 | 192 | 188 | 276 | 73 | — | — | — | — |
| 1914 | 37 | 53 | 17 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1,785 | — | 153 | 153 | 160 | 37 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Tons. cwts. qrs. lbs.
Total weight of Tuberculous Meat seized in the Central Markets, 1915 76 9 3 16
„ ,, ,, ,, ,, 1914 50 2 2 7
Leadenhall Market and City Shops.
The Leadenhall Market and City Shops have been carefully inspected during the
year, and the following table shows the variety of unsound food dealt with:—
Unsound Food Destroyed.
Poultry and Game. Eggs.
Capercailzies 7 Hens 2,242
Chickens and Poussins 222 Plovers 2,704
Curlew 1
Ducks 798
Fowls 2,505
Game (Black) 294
„ (Unclassified) 433 Meat and Offal, &c.
Geese 116 Calves 1
Grouse 1,380 Deer 4
Guinea Fowls 33 Feet (Calves') 16
Hares 230 Fish (Various) boxes 7
Hazel Hens 932 Haddocks „ 10
Partridges 2,001 Heads (Calves) 4
Pigeons 702 „ (Deer) 4
Pheasants 570 ,, (Pigs') 9
Plovers 296 Kidneys (Ox) 2
Ptarmigans 692 Mutton (Pieces) 2
Quails 615 Pigs 9
Rabbits 6,243 Plucks (Sheep) 11
Snipe 817 Pork 1
Teal 96 Sheep 11
Turkeys 136 Tongues (Ox) 2
Widgeons 49 Venison (Quarters) 4
Woodcocks 65 „ (Pieces) 15
Tons cwts. qrs. lbs.
Total for the year 1915 19 6 2 0
„ „ „ 1914 l6 13 2 15
Increase 2 12 3 13