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City of London 1913

[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 packages55011
Coffee—34 bags21500
Cheese—3 cases, 18,113 loose, and a quantity of trimmings554325
Milk, Condensed—1,979 cases40036
Milk, Concentrated—100 cases4720
Chocolate—1,423 cases2715117
Total weight6347111

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.
Wheat1191211
Maize714114
Barley2418
Rice1714012
Oats317025
Sundries713215
Total weight15815319

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 cases0500
Gelatine—1 case0120
Macaroni—5 boxes0110
Pickles—22 cases and 228 bottles08124
Tapioca—1 case1200
Various—3 cases02214
Total weight20310