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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 1935

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London, City of ]

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Table: LEADENHALL MARKET AND CITY SHOPS. The Leadenhall Market and City Shops have been systematically inspected during the year, and the following table shows the amount and variety of unsound food dealt with :—

LEADENHALL MARKET AND CITY SHOPS. The Leadenhall Market and City Shops have been systematically inspected during the year, and the following table shows the amount and variety of unsound food dealt with :—

„ (Livers)63„ (Livers)1
„ (Pieces of Liver)25„ (Pieces)28
„ (Lungs)1„ (Pluck)3
„ (Pieces)80Offal (lbs.)510
„ (Pieces of Suet)1Partridges2,760
„ (Tails)22Pheasants1,589
„ (Tongues)1Pigeons2,162
Brains (Various)5Plover477
Breads (Various)9Pork (Carcases)2
Capercailzies3„ (Livers)15
Chickens and Poussins1,325„ (Pieces)1
Cheese (lbs.)1,788„ (Plucks)6
Cream (Tins)1,374Ptarmigan199
Curlew3Quail286
Ducks1,077Rabbits15,974
Eggs39Sausages (lbs.)7
„ (Cases)6Snipe167
„ (Gills of Liquid)272Spleens (Various)32
Fish (Tins)192Teal94
Fowls6,881Turkeys255
Fruit (Tins)1,016Veal (Carcases)7
Game (Black)34„ (Jellied, c /s. of)2
„ (Unclassified)82,, (Kidneys)2
Geese176„ (Liver)1
Grouse1,337„ (Pieces)45
Guinea Fowls346„ (Plucks)64
Hares1,138Vegetables (Tinned)184
Hazelhens56Venison (Pieces)16
Horse Flesh1Widgeon31
Meat (Tins)5Woodcock31
Total for 1934Tons.Cwts.Qrs.Lbs
421520
1935406014
Decrease29114

Table: UNSOUND MEAT, ETC., REMOVED FROM COLD STORES.

UNSOUND MEAT, ETC., REMOVED FROM COLD STORES.

Article.No.How Packed.Origin.Cause of Destruction.Tons.Cwts.Qrs.Lbs.
Beef (Pieces)ArgentineInjury and De0334
composition.
„ „......New ZealandInjury0027
„ (Tongues)TinArgentineDecomposition0006
„ (Fores)1New ZealandMould Fungi0126
„ (Kidneys)CasesArgentineDecomposition00126
„ (Sausages)BoxesUnited,,0104
Kingdom.
„ (Shins)BagNew ZealandBrine Stain0037
„ (Tinned)Argentine ....Decomposition0006
BrainsBoxesUnited00323
Kingdom.
EggsCaseChile....
FishBoxParaguayDecomposition0014
GlandsCasesAustraliaPerished02222
Lettuce,,Jersey
MeatBagsAustraliaPerished010011
Mutton (Carcases)14ArgentineC.L.A0524
" "2,,Brine Stain00315
" "5,,Store Damage01010
" "2,,Minus Glands0030
" "6,,Mould Fungi01117
,,Carried forward11204