Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Port of London]
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The milk used for pig or poultry food and confectionery purposes was only allowed to leave the district of the Port Sanitary Authority after your Medical Officer of Health had received a satisfactory guarantee respecting the same, and the Medical Officers of Health of the districts to which the goods were proceeding were furnished with full particulars:—
Tons. | Gwts. | Qrs. | Lbs. | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Tea—93 packages | 5 | 5 | 0 | 11 |
Coffee—34 bags | 2 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
Cheese—3 cases, 18,113 loose, and a quantity of trimmings | 554 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
Milk, Condensed—1,979 cases | 40 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
Milk, Concentrated—100 cases | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 |
Chocolate—1,423 cases | 27 | 15 | 1 | 17 |
Total weight | 634 | 7 | 1 | 11 |
GRAIN.
The greater portion of the grain seized as unfit for human food was subsequently released under a guarantee for poultry or animal food, and notifications were sent to the Medical Officers of Health of the districts to which it was being taken. The total quantity dealt with during the year was:—
Tons. | Cwts. | Qrs. | Lbs. | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Wheat | 119 | 12 | 1 | 1 |
Maize | 7 | 14 | 1 | 14 |
Barley | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
Rice | 17 | 14 | 0 | 12 |
Oats | 3 | 17 | 0 | 25 |
Sundries | 7 | 13 | 2 | 15 |
Total weight | 158 | 15 | 3 | 19 |
MEAL AND FLOUR.
The quantity seized was 1 ton 7 cwts. 1 qr. 17 lbs. and this was dealt with in
the same way as the grain.
EGGS.
6,480 eggs, contained in 4½ cases, were destroyed, the weight being about 7 cwts.
SUNDRIES.
Included under this heading are:—
Tons. | cwts. | qrs. | lbs. | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Anchovy Sauce—8 cases | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Gelatine—1 case | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Macaroni—5 boxes | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Pickles—22 cases and 228 bottles | 0 | 8 | 1 | 24 |
Tapioca—1 case | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Various—3 cases | 0 | 2 | 2 | 14 |
Total weight | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 |