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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 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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ZEEBRUGGE-HARWICH AND CALAIS-HARWICH TRAIN FERRY.
60 special midnight and early morning visits were made by the Food
Inspectors. In addition, 125 inspections were made by day.
At Bishopsgate Station.
The total weight of fresh fruit and vegetables examined was 6,604 tons
13 cwts.
This consisted of:—
Belgian Carrots, Cauliflowers, Grapes, Peaches and Pears.
Bulgarian Grapes and Peaches.
Greek Grapes.
Hungarian Apples, Apricots, Beans, Bilberries, Cherries, Currants,
Grapes, Gooseberries, Melons, Peaches, Pears, Peas, Plums and
Tomatoes.
Italian Chestnuts, Grapes, Lemons, Peaches, Pears, Plums and
Melons.
Spanish Oranges and Plums.
Yugo-Slavian Grapes.
Belgian Bacon and Shrimps, Bulgarian Shelled Walnuts, Dutch Shrimps,
Hungarian Live Carp and Poultry, Italian Cheese and Poultry and Yugoslavian
Bacon and Poultry were also examined.
The following foodstuffs were found to be unsound and destroyed:—
| Tons | cwts. | qrs. | lbs. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 222 packages Apricots | 1 | 15 | 1 | 10 |
| 112 Carp | — | 3 | 0 | 15 |
| 3 crates Cauliflowers | — | — | 3 | 18 |
| 1,620 bags Chestnuts | 28 | 18 | 2 | 0 |
| 482 packages Grapes | 3 | 4 | 3 | 23 |
| 372 Melons | 1 | 9 | 3 | 5 |
| 300 packages Peaches | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| 41 ,, Pears | — | 7 | 2 | 21 |
| 70 „ Plums | — | 6 | 2 | 14 |
| 29 crates Tomatoes | — | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | 14 | 1 | 6 |
ex. Dutch steamer, via Harwich.
98 bags Potatoes 4 18 0 0
8 trucks of Peaches and 1 of Plums, entered as produce of the "State of
San Marino" were detained by H.M. Customs for evidence of origin, it being
suspected that these were from Italy. The whole were subsequently seized
and sold on behalf of the Crown.
There was a very large increase in the imports of Italian fruit after the
raising of "Sanctions" on 15th July, 1936.