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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

Woolwich 1912

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]

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Table: TABLE XIX.Food Seized or Surrendered by Owners as Unfit for Consumption.

TABLE XIX.

Food Seized or Surrendered by Owners as Unfit for Consumption.

Articles.Quantity.Date.Reason.
Pig's Pluck1Jan. 4SurrenderedInflammation
Ox Liver1„ 17„Flukey
„ Lungs1„ 23„Echinococci
„ Liver1„ 31„Flukey
Pig's Pluck1Feb. 5„Inflammation
Ox Lungs1„ 7„Tuberculous
Herrings3 barrels„ 10„Unsound
Ox Livers2„ 14„Flukey
Do.1„ 14„Do.
Do.1„ 21„do.
Do.1Mar. 6„do.
Plain Greens3 bags„ 14„Unsound
Ox Liver1„ 19„Flukey
Fish1 box21„Unsound
Winkles10 galls.„ 31„do.
Cods' Roes2 boxesApril 3„do.
Calf's Pluck1„ 2„Tuberculous
Ox Liver1„ 3„Flukey
Coal Fish1 trunk„ 4„Unsound
Ox Liver1„ 10„Flukey
Carcase of Pig1„ 16„Smothered
Ox Liver1May 8„Flukey
Kippers3 boxes„ 29„Unsound
Ox Liver1„ 29„Flukey
Carcase of Pig and Offal1„ 30„Tuberculous
Sheep's Liver1June 5„Cirrhosis
Ox Liver1„ 10„Flukey
Ox Lungs1„ 14„Tuberculous
Pie's Pluck1„ 14„do.
Do.1„ 27„Inflammation
Condensed Milk3 tinsJuly 11„Blown and Bad
Herrings1 box„ 22„Unsound
Sheep's CaulsParts ofAug. 26„Cysticercus tenuicollis
Ox Liver1„ 28„Flukey
Do.1Sept. 3„do.
Do.1„ 4„Abscesses
Ox Lungs2 pair„ 5„Tuberculous
Ox Livers2„ 16„Flukey
Pig's Lungs1„ 19„Pneumonia
Ox Lungs1„ 19„Echinococci
Ox Liver1„ 25„Tumour
Ox Lungs1„ 30„Echinococci
Sheep's Liver and Lungs1Oct. 1„Strongyli