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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 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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170 Detention Notices and 184 Release Notices were issued during the year in respect to the undermentioned foodstuffs :—
| Article. | Detention Notices. | Release Notices. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quantity. | No. of notices. | Weight. | Quantity. | No. of Notices. | Weight. | |||||||
| T. | c. | q | lbs. | T. | c. | q. | lbs. | |||||
| Tallow | 3,769 casks | 51 | 1,510 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 3,582 casks. | 95 | 1,432 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| Mutton | 29,425 carcases | 87 | — | 29,424 carcases. | 83 | — | ||||||
| Corned Pork | 19 cases | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | - | ||||
| Pigs Tongues | 26 cases | 1 | 11 | 0 | 16 | — | — | — | ||||
| Oxtongues | 10 cases | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | ||||
| Tongues | 377 tins | 10 | 12 | 0 | 10 | — | — | — | ||||
| Ducks | 1,265 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | |||
| Whole Pepper | 350 bags | 2 | 24 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 350 bags | 4 | 24 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Almonds | 100 bags | 2 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 22 | — | — | — | |||
| Macaroni | 280 packages | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | ||||
| Mandarin Oranges | 47 cases | 1 | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| Prunes | 218 boxes | 1 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | |||
| Loganberries | 36 cases | 1 | 1 | 20 | — | — | — | |||||
| Rice | 9 bags | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | - | — | — | ||||
| Potatoes | 800 bags | 1 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | |||
| Crab | 15 cases | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | — | — | — | ||||
| Cocoa (in bean) | 90 bags | 1 | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| Pork | 108 tins | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | — | — | — | ||||
| Pears | 285 tins | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 22 | — | — | — | |||
| Apples | 2 boxes | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | ||||
| Bacon | 4 bales | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 4 part bales | 1 | 4 | 2 | 27 | ||
| Raisins | 242 boxes | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 242 boxes | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |