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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 1904
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Port of London]
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TABLE VIII.
| Original packages. | Sundry quantities by weight. | Loose Articles. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Description. | Tons. | cwts. | qrs. | lbs. | No. | Description. | |
| MEAT— Fresh and Frozen— | ||||||||
| Beef - | 353 | quarters | 724 | pieces | ||||
| Mutton and Lamb | 644 | carcasses | ... | 252 | ,, | |||
| Veal, Pork and Offal | 26 | casks | ... | |||||
| Preserved— | ||||||||
| Tinned | 94 | cases | ... | 7,636 | tins | |||
| Smoked and Salted | 14 | ” | 68 | loose | ||||
| RABBITS— | ||||||||
| Frozen- | 200 | crates | ... | 15,974 | loose | |||
| Tinned- | 195 | tins | ||||||
| POULTRY and GAME— Frozen | ... | ... | ... | 24 | sundry | |||
| FISH— | ||||||||
| Wet | 13 | gallons | ... | |||||
| Preserved, Tinned | 284 | packages | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5,165 | tins |
| „ Dried | 25 | ” | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| FRUIT— | ||||||||
| Fresh | 14,157 | packages | 143 | 19 | 0 | 21 | 37 | loose |
| Preserved, Dried | 571 | ” | 1 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 304 | loose |
| ,, Tinned and Bottled | 512 | cases | ... | 969 | tins | |||
| „ Jam and Marmalade | 5 | ” | 1 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 1,508 | tins |
| VEGETABLES— | ||||||||
| Fresh | 2,159 | packages | 2323 | 16 | 2 | 0 | ... | |
| Preserved, Dried | 19 | ” | 191 | tins | ||||
| NUTS— | ||||||||
| Cocoanuts, whole | 9 | bags | 13 | ... | ... | |||
| ., desiccated | ||||||||
| PROVISIONS— | ||||||||
| Tea | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||
| Coffee | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | ... | |||
| Cocoa | ... | 18 | 17 | 2 | 0 | ... | ||
| Butter, Cheese, Lard, Margarine | 163 | packages | 1 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 5 | tins |
| Condensed Milk | 280 | cases | ... | 16 | ” | |||
| Prepared Foods | 183 | packages | ... | ... | ... | 217383 | loose | |
| Biscuits and Confectionery | 18 | cases | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
| Sugar | 14 | ” | ... | |||||
| GRAIN— | ||||||||
| Wheat, Maize, Rice, Barley, &c. | 5,055 | bags | 733 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 21,053 | sundry |
| MEAL and FLOUR | 5,230 | ” | ... | |||||
| CONDIMENTS and SPICES | 5 | cases | 100 | tins | ||||
| EGGS | 4 | cases | 62,840 | |||||
| SUNDRIES | 27 | cases | 3 | 1 | 5,444 | |||
| Total | 30,064 | - | 3228 | 11 | 2 | 16 | 348 8 8 8 | - |