London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Stepney 1906

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]

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(v) Bristol Wharf.
All classes of canned goods.
(w) Ratcliff Cross Wharf.
Flour, potatoes, anchovies and lemons.
(x) London Wharf.
Two-thirds of the canned goods landed on this wharf belong to the
Government and are inspected by the Government Officials only.
(y) New Sufferance Wharf.
Fresh cabbages, fruit pulps and vegetables in brine for pickle making.
(z) Eagle Wharf.
Flour, beef and pork in casks.
(aa) New Sun Wharf.
The general trade of this wharf is to take fruit out of tins and to put
it into bottles.
(bb) Cooper's Wharves—Oporto and Old Sun.
All classes of canned goods, flour and dried milk.
(cc) Victoria Wharf.
Onions, potatoes, flour and port.
(dd) Saunder's " Wharf."
Rejected condensed milks from shops belonging to the same firm are
taken to these premises and stored. They are afterwards taken away for
pig feeding.
(ee) Brewer's Wharf.
Flour and grain for breweries.
(ff) Limehouse Wharf.
Potatoes.
(gg) Dundee Wharf.
Carcases of beef, and potatoes.
Canned goods are chiefly landed at Cooper's, Bristol, Thorpe's, Miller's,
British & Foreign, and Free Trade Wharves, and they are discharged from
ships on certain fixed days of the week.
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