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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
Port of London 1910
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Port of London]
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TABLE XXVIII.
Quantity and Description of Unsound Foodstuffs Seized and Destroyed for the
Year ending 31st December, 1910.
| Original packages. | Sundry quantities by weight. | Loose Articles. | Approximate Total weight of Goods destroyed. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Description. | Tons. | cwts. | qrs. | lbs. | No. | Description. | Tons. | cwts. | qrs. | lbs. | |
| MEAT— | ||||||||||||
| Fresh and Frozen— | ||||||||||||
| Beef | 4,998 | quarters | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 34,838 | pieces | 1,100 | 0 | 0 | 27 |
| Mutton and Lamb | 2,936 | carcasses | ... | ... | ... | ... | 280 | 50 | 8 | 1 | 13 | |
| Veal, Pork and Offal | 4,694 | packages | ... | ... | ... | ... | 435728 | sundry | 47 | 17 | 2 | 4 |
| Preserved— | ||||||||||||
| Tinned | 3 | cases | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1,831 | tins | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Smoked and Salted | 99 | boxes | ... | ... | ... | ... | 22 | sundry | 22 | 15 | 3 | 5 |
| Sundry | 55 | packages | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 9 | 17 | 2 | 1 |
| RABBITS— | ||||||||||||
| Frozen | 1,410 | crates | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 42 | loose | 37 | 13 | 0 | 2 |
| Tinned | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| POULTRY and GAME— | ||||||||||||
| Frozen | 16 | cases | ... | ... | ... | ... | 16 | loose | 0 | 6 | 1 | 12 |
| FISH— | ||||||||||||
| Wet | 182 | barrels | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 13 | 10 | 1 | 21 |
| Preserved, Tinned | 34 | cases | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4,216 | tins | 2 | 19 | 0 | 3 |
| „ Dried | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| „ Frozen | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| FRUIT— | ||||||||||||
| Fresh | 3,6391 | packages | 0 | 1 | 3 | 16 | ... | ... | 91 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| Preserved, Dried | 36 | „ | 4 | 4 | 2 | 25 | ... | 19 | 17 | 3 | 4 | |
| „ Tinned and Bottled | 208 | cases | ... | ... | ... | ... | 10 | loose | 12 | 15 | 2 | 6 |
| ,, Jam and Marmalade | 3 | casks | ... | ... | ... | ... | 11 | tins | 0 | 9 | 3 | 20 |
| VEGETABLES— | ||||||||||||
| Fresh | 466 | bags | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 36 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Preserved, Dried | 3 | casks | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0 | 9 | 2 | 12 |
| NUTS— | ||||||||||||
| Whole | 6,737 | bags | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 373 | 15 | 5 | 27 |
| Sundry | 3 | cases | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| PROVISIONS— | ||||||||||||
| Tea | 48 | packages | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 9 | 0 | 14 |
| Coffee | ... | ... | 37 | 17 | 0 | 9 | ... | ... | 37 | 17 | 0 | 19 |
| Cocoa | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Butter, Cheese, Lard, Margarine | 94 | packages | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 161 | sundry | 2 | 6 | 1 | 17 |
| Condensed Milk | 32 | cases | ... | ... | ... | ... | 183 | tins | 0 | 14 | 3 | 25 |
| Prepared Foods | 174 | bags | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 8 | 14 | 1 | 14 |
| Biscuits and Confectionery | 100 | packages | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5 | tins | 6 | 11 | 1 | 8 |
| Sugar | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| GRAIN— | ||||||||||||
| Wheat, Maize, Barley, Rice, &c. | ... | ... | 481 | 3 | 3 | 25 | ... | ... | 481 | 3 | 3 | 25 |
| MEAL and FLOUR | 20 | bags | 2 | 15 | 3 | 15 | ... | ... | 6 | 5 | 0 | 27 |
| CONDIMENTS and SPICES | 81 | „ | ...i | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| EGGS | 870 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| Dried | 5 | cases | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0 | 3 | 2 | 22 |
| Liquid | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| SUNDRIES | 1,557 | packages | 1 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 1,499 | sundry | 108 | 14 | 1 | 17 |
| Total | 28503½ | packages | 528 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 478842 | sundry | 2,483 | 6 | 2 | 13 |
| Approximate Total weight of Goods destroyed during the year 1908 | 992 | 7 | 0 | 16 | ||||||||
| „ „ „ 1909 | 1,415 | 7 | 0 | 22 | ||||||||