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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
City of London 1901
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Port of London]
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CONDEMNED FOOD.
During the half-year a large quantity of articles of food have been condemned by your officers, of which the following is a brief summary :
| Description. | Quantity Condemned. |
|---|---|
| Meat—Frozen Mutton - | 2,784 carcasses |
| „ „ | 147 legs |
| „ „ | 4 shoulders |
| „ „ | 913 pieces |
| „ Beef | 189 quarters |
| „ „ | 100 pieces |
| „ „ | 1 cwt. 14 lbs. trimmings |
| ,, Lamb | 4 carcasses |
| ,, Yeal | 112 lbs. |
| ,, Kidneys | 16 boxes |
| Corned Mutton - | 7 tins |
| Preserved | 7 cases, 3 tins |
| Rabbits—Frozen | 20 cases |
| „ | 492 crates |
| „ | 41,192 loose |
| Tinned | 162 tins |
| Fish—Tinned - | 154 cases |
| „ | 1,096 tins |
| In Jars - | 127 cases |
| Fruit—Green - | 5,362 packages |
| „ | 153 loose pears |
| „ | 50 loose apples |
| Dried - | 244 packages |
| Preserved | 2,837 packages |
| Pulp | 204 cases |
| „ | 828 tins |
| Poultry | 8 loose |
| Vegetables—Green | 676 packages |
| Preserved | 3 cases |
| „ | 135 tins |
| Flour - | 1,000 bags |
| Grain—Wheat - | 214 tons, 729 lbs. |
| Maize - | 25 barge loads |
| „ | 74 tons, 2,080 lbs. |
| Rice - | 20 tons 698 lbs. |
| Dholl | 530 lbs. |
| Mixed Rice, Maize, Barley, &c. | 305 tons, 2 barge loads |
| Sugar | 141 tons |
| „ | 20 tons drainings |
| „ | 452 casks „ |
| Milk | 715 cases |
| Sundries : Cocoa, Cheese, Lard, Con | |
| fectionery, Arrowroot, &c., &c. | 150 packages, a quantity of biscuits, 728 lbs. sweets |