Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London, City of ]
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UNSOUND MEAT, ETC., REMOVED FROM COLD STORES.
| Article. | No. | How Packed. | Origin. | Cause of Destruction. | Tons. | Cwts. | Qrs. | Lbs. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beef (Hearts) | 4 | Bags | Argentine | Decomposition | 0 | 3 | 3 | 26 |
| „ (Lites) | 3 | Cases | „ | Brine Stained | 0 | 1 | 1 | 20 |
| ,, (Livers) | „ | Decomposition, Smoke damage. | 0 | 19 | 3 | 2 | ||
| „ „ | 5 | „ | Australia | Decomposition | 0 | 2 | 1 | 15 |
| „ „ | 3 | „ | S. Rhodesia | „ | 0 | 4 | 1 | 25 |
| „ (Lungs) | Argentine | „ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | ||
| „ (Pieces) | " | Brine Stained and Decomposition. | 3 | 13 | 1 | 9 | ||
| „ „ | S. Rhodesia | Mould Fungi and Brine Stained. | 0 | 10 | 2 | 18 | ||
| „ (Tails) | Argentine | Mould Fungi | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15 | ||
| „ „ | Australia | Decomposition | 0 | 1 | 2 | 18 | ||
| „ „ | 4 | Bags | S. Rhodesia | „ | 0 | 1 | 2 | 12 |
| „ (Tongues) | Argentine | „ | 0 | 4 | 3 | 21 | ||
| „ (Kidneys) | „ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | |||
| „ (Boneless) | S. Rhodesia | Vermin Damage | 0 | 8 | 1 | 26 | ||
| Cheese | United Kingdom. | Mould Fungi | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22 | ||
| Chickens | 25 | Boxes | Smoke Damage | 0 | 5 | 2 | 13 | |
| Fish | 10 | „ | S. Africa | Unsound | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| Glands | 1 | „ | Argentine | „ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| Mutton (Carcases) | 18 | Caseous Lymph. | 0 | 7 | 2 | 8 | ||
| 1 | Minus Glands | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | |||
| 5 | Brine Stained | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| „ (Legs) | 65 | Caseous Lymph. | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | ||
| 43 | Minus Glands | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |||
| 4 | Unsound | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| „ (Pieces) | „ | 0 | 9 | 1 | 5 | |||
| Caseous Lymph. | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | ||||
| „ (Sides) | 24 | „ | 0 | 4 | 3 | 13 | ||
| 6 | Minus Glands | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| (Quarters) | 6 | Caseous Lymph. | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22 | ||
| 4 | Minus Glands | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | |||
| „ (Carcases) | 23 | Australia | Caseous Lymph. | 0 | 8 | 2 | 26 | |
| 14 | Emaciation | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | |||
| „ (Legs) | 36 | Caseous Lymph. | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | ||
| „ (Quarters) | 4 | „ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | ||
| 6 | Brine Stained | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18 | |||
| „ (Shoulders) | 5 | Minus Glands | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | ||
| 5 | Caseous Lymph. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | |||
| „ (Carcases) | 1 | Chile | „ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | |
| 8 | Mould Fungi | 0 | 3 | 2 | 22 | |||
| (Legs) | 210 | Minus Glands | 0 | 9 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 51 | Caseous Lymph. | 0 | 2 | 3 | 21 | |||
| „ (Shoulders) | 20 | „ | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | ||
| 17 | Minus Glands | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | |||
| (Sides) | 2 | „ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | ||
| 10 | Caseous Lymph. | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 | |||
| ,, (Carcases) | 50 | New Zealand | „ | 1 | 1 | 2 | 23 | |
| 2 | „ | Abscess | 0 | 0 | 2 | 26 | ||
| 16 | „ | Mould Fungi | 0 | 7 | 0 | 20 | ||
| 2 | „ | Unsound | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | ||
| 1 | „ | Transit Damage | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
| 8 | „ | Brine Stained | 0 | 2 | 2 | 11 | ||
| „ (Legs) | „ | Decomposition and Brine Stained. | 0 | 1 | 0 | 25 | ||
| „ (Pieces) | „ | „ | 0 | 5 | 2 | 15 | ||
| „ (Quarters) | 2 | „ | Injury | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | |
| 1 | „ | Caseous Lymph. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||
| (Livers) | „ | Decomposition | 0 | 1 | 3 | 15 | ||
| Carried forward | 12 | 18 | 1 | 22 |