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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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COLD STORES.
The following table shows an 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 had been placed.
Unsound Food ex Cold Stores.
| Article. | Number. | How packed. | Country of Origin. | Cause for destruction. | Tons | cwts. | qrs. | lbs. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beef Quarters | 14 | — | Australia | Decomposed | 1 | 6 | 2 | 17 |
| Ditto | 23 | — | Ditto | Mouldy | 1 | 14 | 1 | 21 |
| Ditto | 47 | — | Ditto | Brine stain | 3 | 17 | 2 | 24 |
| Beef Pieces | 4 | — | Ditto | Ditto | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| Ditto | 13 | — | Ditto | Mouldy | 0 | 11 | 1 | 24 |
| Ditto | 113 | — | Ditto | Decomposed | 5 | 1 | 3 | 22 |
| Ditto | 33 | — | Argentina | Ditto | 0 | 14 | 1 | 22 |
| Ditto | 63 | — | Ditto | Mouldy | 2 | 11 | 3 | 19 |
| Ditto | — | — | Ditto | Bone taint | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 |
| Birds | — | In boxes | Russia | Decomposed | 0 | 4 | 3 | 20 |
| Ditto | — | In hampers | Argentina | Ditto | 0 | 1 | 3 | 19 |
| Cheeks (Ox) | 12 | In cases | Ditto | Ditto | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 |
| Ducks | 9 | In hampers | England | Ditto | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| Eggs | 26t | In tins | Russia | Ditto | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| Fish | 15b | In boxes | England | Ditto | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| Hazel Hens | 726 | Ditto | Russia | Ditto | 0 | 6 | 1 | 26 |
| Hams | 2b | In boxes | United States of America. | Ditto | 0 | 4 | 1 | 24 |
| Hearts (ox) | 118 | In bags | Argentina | Ditto | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| Kidneys do. | 1c | In cases | Ditto | Ditto | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| Ditto (sheep) | 58c | Ditto | Ditto | Ditto | 1 | 7 | 3 | 8 |
| Ditto do. | 32c | Ditto | Australia | Ditto | 0 | 8 | 2 | 8 |
| Livers (lambs) | 16c | Ditto | Argentina | Ditto | 0 | 8 | 2 | 8 |
| Ditto (ox) | 884 | Ditto | Ditto | Ditto | 5 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Mutton Carcases | 78 | — | Ditto | Mouldy | 1 | 10 | 2 | 27 |
| Ditto | 2 | — | Ditto | Decomposed | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| Ditto | 42 | — | Australia | Mouldy | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| Ditto | 10 | — | Ditto | Decomposed | 0 | 4 | 0 | 27 |
| Carried forward | 32 | 11 | 1 | 12 |