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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: TABLE XXX.The following is a list of Pig Carcasses examined during the year and found to be affected with tuberculosis. These were seized as unfit for food and destroyed:—

TABLE XXX.

The following is a list of Pig Carcasses examined during the year and found to be affected with tuberculosis. These were seized as unfit for food and destroyed:—

Date.Name of Vessel.Where from.Where lying.Number of Carcasses.
1910.
Mar. 22"Rakaia," of PlymouthNew ZealandRoyal Victoria Dock.1.
Apr. 6"Waiwera," of Southampton.DittoRoyal Albert Dock.5.
„ 12"Arawa," of SouthamptonDittoDitto2.
„ 26"Ruapehu," of PlymouthDittoRoyal Victoria Dock.10.
May 24"Rimutaka," of PlymouthDittoDitto6.
„ 31"Star of Australia," of Belfast.DittoDitto3.
Aug. 5"Malwa," of GreenockAustraliaRoyal Albert Dock.3.
„ 11"Marathon," of AberdeenDittoDitto1.
Oct. 4"Otway," of GlasgowDittoTilbury Dock1.
„ 27"Rimutaka," of PlymouthNew ZealandRoyal Victoria Dock.9.
Not. 7"Omrah," of Glasgow ...AustraliaTilbury Dock4.
„ 9"Topaze," of AnversOstendDitto1.
„ 25"Saphir," of AnversDittoDitto1.
Dec. 1"Koningen Regentes," of Amsterdam.FlushingQueenborough1.
„ 2"Rubis," of AnversOstendTilbury Dock1.
„ 6"Tongariro," of PlymouthNew ZealandRoyal Victoria Dock.2.
„ 29"Koningen Wilhelmina," of Amsterdam.FlushingQueenborough1.