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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
Stepney 1905
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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The following unsound foods were destroyed during the year : —
Apples 196 cases, 56 barrels, 131 tins.
Apple Pulp 194—36-gai. casks.
Apricots (canned) 13 cases, 31 tins.
Apricot Pulp 243 cases, 557 tins.
Anchovies 5 drums and 20 lbs.
Asparagus 3 cases, 42 tins.
Barley 37 doz. packets.
Bacon 1 case, 18 tins, 20 lbs.
Black Currants 10 baskets.
Black Currant Pulp - 107 cases.
Beef (canned) 192 cases and 3,925 tins.
Beef and Mutton 120 lbs.
Bananas 2,669 crates and 150 loose.
Bream 7 boxes.
Butter 62 cases, 105 tins.
Brussel Sprouts 100 bags.
Bloaters 37 tins.
Cherries 17 cases, 466 bottles and 3½ barrels.
Cherries 1 barrow load and 20 baskets.
Clams 4 tins.
Chickens 5 cases and 31 tins.
Cress 1 basket.
Eggs 83 cases, 3,350 loose.
Eels (Conger) 1 case.
Fruits (mixed) 2 loads (½ ton), 405 cases and 10,794 tins.
Fruit Pulp 29 cases and 11 tins.
Fowls 33 cases and 3 . tins.
Figs 10 boxes.
Fish (canned) 852 tins, 14½ boxes.
Gherkins 3½ tons.
Grapes 19 barrels, 37 boxes and 1 basket.
Greengages 8 cases and 1 tin.
Groats 58 doz. packets.
Haddocks 9 trunks.
Ham 18 cases and 11 tins.
Ham and Veal 11 tins.
Hare (jugged) 20 tins.
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