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Stepney 1914

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]

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Table: Unsound Food Destroyed.The following foodstuffs were destroyed during the year under the Unsound Food Series and the Public Health (Foreign Meat) Regulations, 1908 :—I.—At the Wharves.

Unsound Food Destroyed.

The following foodstuffs were destroyed during the year under the Unsound Food Series and the Public Health (Foreign Meat) Regulations, 1908 :—

I.—At the Wharves.

Tons.cwts.qrs.lbs.
Fresh Meat 8 Pigs Carcases—3017
Preserved Meat 36,340 Tins of Beef711034
1,195 ,, Rabbits11110
544 „ Ox Tongues—3126
Fresh Fruit and 11,226 Crates of Bananas3011310
Vegetables. 37 Boxes of Onions11710
652 ,, Potatoes321200
832 ,, Tomatoes91610
Preserved Fruits and 4 Casks of Apple Pulp—1500
Vegetables. 240 Tins of Apples—1500
9,318 „ Assorted Fruits101020
790 ,, Fruit Pulp41705
28,767 „ Pineapples281708
578 „ Tomatoes—16116
276 „ Spinach—2124
Preserved Fish ... 4,562 „ Crayfish110323
14,460 „ Salmon68012
2,029 ,, Sardines—7019
5,499 „ Herrings31530
Sundries 11 Cheeses——217
1 Case of Desiccated Cocoanut—116
1 „ Game—1214
44 Tins of Condensed Milk——120
72 „ Soup——216
Total4780122

Table: II.—Diseased Meat and Offal destroyed, from the Slaughter-houses and Offal-shops :—

II.—Diseased Meat and Offal destroyed, from the Slaughter-houses and Offal-shops :—

Tons.cwts,qrs.lbs.
25 Sheeps Carcases—1021
12 Calves Carcases—10319
3 Forequarters of Beef—210
2 Hindquarters of Beef—1019
2 Briskets of Beef———25
Sundry pieces of Beef and Mutton——121
16 Pieces of Horseflesh—1218
13 Forequarters of Mutton—129
8 Breasts of Mutton———20
3 Forequarters of Veal—109
2 Breasts of Veal———10
170 Sets of Bullocks Lungs—15011
378 „ Sheeps Lungs—5215
Carried forward21039

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