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unsound, to the inspectors for examination and destruction. When such
voluntary surrender was made a certificate was granted to the trader stating that
the food being unsound had been destroyed at his request.
The articles dealt with in this way are set out in the following list.
Articles of Food Destroyed as Unsound after Voluntary
Surrender.
97 lbs. Apples 20 lbs. Sausage Meat
1 Basket Apples 7 lbs. Sausages
1 Box Apples 3 Pigs (quinsy)
5 lbs. Fish 2 Sets Pigs' Lungs (pneumonia)
1 Box Herrings 77 lbs. Beef
1 Box Cod Quantity of Suet
Barrel of Haddocks Quantity of Tripe
Box of Whelks 142 Turkeys
Barrel of Oysters 2 Rabbits
Quantity of Dried Haddocks 10 lbs. Dough
1 Box Oranges Pickles and Tinned Goods
183 lbs. Tomatoes Few Tins Salmon and Soup
3 Boxes Tomatoes ½ Box Lemons
8 Sheeps' Livers 10 lbs. Cherries, Gooseberries, etc.
1 Sheeps' Pluck (pneumonia) 6 Baskets Raspberries
1 Sheeps' Lungs (cysts) 1½ Baskets Strawberries
8 Scrags of Mutton 14 Baskets Plums
1 Hindquarter Sheep (bruised) 6 lbs. Greengages
2 Pairs Bullocks Lungs (tuberculosis) ½Basket Pears
4 Bullocks' Livers 1 Box Cabbages
3 Bullocks' Heads 2 Barrels Liquid Eggs
In a number of cases articles which were "unsound or unwholesome or unfit for
human food" were discovered "exposed for sale or deposited for the purposes of
sale or preparation for sale" and were seized and dealt with as prescribed by
section 47 of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891. After the seizure the
articles were examined by the Medical Officer of Health, and were then submitted
to a magistrate, to whom application for an order for destruction was made. The
articles seized under section 47 included:
Seizures.
14 lbs. Tomatoes A quantity of Kidneys
13 quarts Pasteurised Skim Milk A quantity of Hake
5 Joints Beef (infected with worms)
3 Ox Kidneys 90 Tins Machine Skimmed
1 Bullock's Tripe (tuberculosis) Condensed Milk
8 Codfish About 9 lbs. Pears