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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 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London, City of ]
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Unsound Meat, Etc., Removed from Cold Stores.—continued.
| Article. | No. | How Packed. | Origin. | Cause of Destruction. | Tons. | Cwts. | Qrs. | Lbs. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brought forward | 12 | 18 | 1 | 22 | ||||
| Mutton (Shoulders) | New Zealand | Decomposition | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21 | ||
| „ (Sides) | 5 | „ | Caseous Lymph. | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
| „ (Carcase). | 1 | Uruguay | „ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | |
| „ (Pieces) | „ | „ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | ||
| ,, (Shoulders) | 7 | „ | „ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | |
| Offal | Argentine | Decomposition | 15 | 18 | 0 | 24 | ||
| „ | United | „ | 0 | 1 | 3 | 18 | ||
| „ | Kingdom | |||||||
| Pork (Pieces) | Australia | Brine Stained | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16 | ||
| „ (Carcases) | 7 | New Zealand | 0 | 4 | 0 | 21 | ||
| „ (Pieces) | Argentine | Unsound and Brine Stained. | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | ||
| ,, (Kidneys) | 77 | Cases | Canada | Decomposition | 0 | 11 | 1 | 9 |
| „ (Pieces) | S. Africa | „ | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | ||
| „ (Livers) | 3 | Cases | U.S.A. | „ | 0 | 0 | 2 | 29 |
| Rabbits | United Kingdom. | „ | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | ||
| „ | 3 | Cases | Australia | „ | 0 | 1 | 2 | 14 |
| Veal (Boneless) | New Zealand | Brine Stained | 0 | 0 | 3 | 29 | ||
| Total for 1936 | 31 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
SHOWING THE AMOUNT OF VARIOUS FOOD PRODUCTS SURRENDERED TO OR SEIZED BY MEAT INSPECTORS IN THE CITY OF LONDON FOR DISEASED CONDITIONS, 1936.
| Country. | Beef in lbs. | Mutton in lbs. | Pork in lbs. | Veal in lbs. | Venison in lbs. | Bacon in lbs. | Offal in lbs. | Poultry in lbs. | Rabbits in lbs. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argentine | 26,004 | 10,233 | 770 | 404 | — | — | 2,555 | 39 | — |
| Australia | 5,857 | 7,280 | 1,377 | 80 | — | — | 250 | 10 | 288 |
| Belgium | — | — | — | — | — | — | 16 | — | 431 |
| Brazil | 1,441 | — | — | — | — | — | 12 | — | — |
| Britain | 10,054 | 28,885 | 163,310 | 11,644 | — | — | 74,122 | 31,900 | 6.629 |
| Canada | — | — | — | — | — | 118 | 39 | — | — |
| Chile | — | 2,602 | — | — | — | — | — | — . | — |
| Denmark | — | — | — | — | — | 159 | — | — | — |
| France | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 55 |
| Holland | — | — | — | — | — | 240 | — | — | 40 |
| Hungary | 60 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 186 | — |
| Ireland | — | 272 | 7.386 | 93 | — | 62 | 17,982 | 1,625 | 207 |
| Lithuania | — | — | — | — | — | 118 | — | 5,295 | — |
| New Zealand | 3,443 | 11,124 | 3.361 | 761 | — | 108 | — | — | — |
| Poland | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 485 | — |
| Russia | — | — | — | — | — | 20 | — | — | — |
| South Africa | 182 | —. | — | — | — | — | 70 | _ | — |
| Southern Rhodesia . | 1,807 | 504 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sweden | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 97 |
| U.S.A | — | — | — | — | — | — | 168 | — | — |
| Uruguay | 1,690 | 168 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Totals for 1936 | 50,578 | 61,068 | 176,204 | 12,982 | — | 825 | 95,214 | 34,540 | 7.647 |
| Totals for 1935 | 72.135 | 98,723 | 185,341 | 9,184 | 54 | 4,016 | 77,631 | 25,005 | 13.572 |
SHOWING THE AMOUNT OF VARIOUS FOOD PRODUCTS SURRENDERED TO AND SEIZED BY MEAT INSPECTORS IN THE CITY OF LONDON FOR UNSOUND CONDITIONS, 1936.
| Country. | Beef in lbs. | Mutton in lbs. | Pork in lbs. | Veal in lbs. | Venison in lbs. | Goat in lbs. | Bacon in lbs. | Offal in lbs. | Furred Game. | Feathered Game. | Tinned Meat. | Tinned Milk. | Fish in lbs. | Cheese in lbs. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argentine | 293,481 | 29,644 | 7,453 | 281 | — | — | 37,649 | 714 | 24 | 4,680 | 74 | 6 | _ | |
| Australia | 18,954 | 16,451 | 3,000 | 367 | — | —_ | 329 | 2,263 | 9,236 | 260 | 290 | — | ||
| Austria | — | — | — | —. | — | — | — | — | — | 412 | — | — | — | — |
| Belgium | — | — | — | — | — | — | 20 | — | 8,856 | 40 | 123 | — | — | — |
| Brazil | 3,286 | 14 | 48 | — | — | — | — | 736 | — | — | 12 | — | — | — |
| Britain | 29,540 | 36,001 | 82,283 | 15,178 | 1,035 | 116 | 2,846 | 107,287 | 86,076 | 74,221 | 6,128 | 1,346 | 38 | 792 |
| Bulgaria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | _ | _— | 518 | — | — | — | — |
| Canada | 348 | — | 42 | — | — | — | 805 | 1,332 | — | — | — | — | — | _ |
| Chile | 1,970 | 1,232 | — | — | — | — | — | 15 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Denmark | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4,818 | — | — | 40 | 278 | 2 | — | — |
| France | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 103 | 68 | — . | — | — | |
| Germany | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 23 | 1,892 | — | — | — |
| HoUand | — | — | 49 | — | — | — | 768 | — | 576 | 428 | 829 | 1,421 | — | — |
| Hungary | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 85 | 25 | 4,055 | — | — ' | — | — |
| Iceland | — | 52 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ireland | 87 | 1,168 | 5,062 | 781 | — | — | 183 | 80,055 | 10.484 | 7,598 | 213 | 15 | — | — |
| Lithuania | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | 50 | 615 | 2,038 | 592 | — | — | — | — |
| New Zealand | 18,749 | 77,180 | 8,490 | 296 | — | — | 27 | 11,345 | 3,475 | 92 | 345 | 93 | — | 56 |
| Poland | 138 | — | — | _ | — | — | 412 | — | 419 | 2,036 | 1,228 | 12 | — | — |
| Roumania | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 540 | 111 | — | — | — | — |
| Russia | _ | — | — | —_— | —_ | —_ | _— | —_ | 6 | 58 | _ | — | — | _ |
| South Africa | 1,195 | 70 | — | — | — | _— | — | 144 | — | 12 | — | 458 | — | |
| S. Rhodesia | 17,468 | — | — | — | — | — | 12 | 180 | — | — | 4 | — | — | — |
| Sweden | — | — | — | — | — | — | 39 | — | 12 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Switzerland | — | — | _— | — | — | — | 40 | —_ | 14 | 148 | 20 | 4 | — | — |
| U.S.A | — | _ | — | _ | — | — | _ | 135 | — | 23 | 534 | 43 | — | — |
| Uruguay | 8,422 | 74 | — | — | — | — | — | 794 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Various | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 25 | 929 | 8 | — | — |
| Totals for 1936 | 393,670 | 161,886 | 106,427 | 16,903 | 1,035 | 116 | 10,355 | 242,635 | 122,471 | 90,807 | 17,585 | 3,018 | 502 | 848 |
| Totals for 1935 | 443,125 | 266,646 | 134,865 | 15,328 | 4,113 | — | 12,760 | 292,047 | 106,244 | 76.177 | 18,538 | 5,448 | 336 | 1,069 |
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