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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 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Port of London]
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| Date. | Name of Vessel. | Where from. | Where lying | Description and quantity of foreign meat in respect of which Certificates were issued. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1913. | ||||
| Oct. 28 | s.s. "Saphir " | Ostend | Tilbury Dock | 2 bales bacon. |
| Nov. 5 | s.s "Pera" | Australia | Royal Albert Dock. | 112 bags boned beef. |
| Dec. 1 | s.s. " Cambrian" | Boston | Ditto | 200 pig-carcases. |
| „ 4 | s.s. " Rubis " | Ostend | Tilbury Dock | 3 bales bacon. |
| „ 10 | s.s. "Rubis" | Ditto | Ditto | 1 basket ox-cheeks, 1 basket ox - hearts, 2 baskets sheep-plucks. |
| „ 12 | s.s. "Kingstonian " | Boston | Royal Albert Dock. | 499 pig-carcases. |
| „ 17 | s.s. "Topaze " | Ostend | Tilbury Dock | 2 baskets ox-hearts, 1 basket sheep-plucks. |
| „ 18 | s.s. "Saphir" | Ditto | Ditto | 1 bale bacon. |
| „ 24 | s.s. "Anglian " | Boston | Royal Albert Dock. | 500 pig-carcases. |
Special attention was also given to ox-tongues which arrived from Australia, and
the following table shows the results of the examinations of various consignments:—
TABLE XXXII.
| Date of arriyal. | Name of Vessel. | Number of Tongues. | Percentage of Consignment. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Examined. | Found Diseased. | |||
| 1913. | ||||
| Nov. 15 | s.s. "Kent" | 60 | Nil. | — |
| „ 16 | s.s. "Waimana" | 662 | 32 | 4.8 |
| „ 16 | s.s. "Suffolk" | 58 | 5 | 31 |
| Dec. 7 | s.s. "Demosthenes" | 72 | 1 | 1.38 |
| „ 14 | s.s. "Rangatira" | 120 | Nil. | — |
| „ 14 | Ditto | 1,247 | 71 | 5.69 |
| „ 15 | s.s. "Palermo" | 313 | Nil. | — |
| „ 15 | s.s. "Roscommon" | 60 | Nil. | — |
| „ 15 | Ditto | 120 | Nil. | — |
| „ 19 | s.s. "Otranto " | 120 | Nil. | — |
| „ 28 | s.s. "Westmeath" | 120 | Nil. | — |
Where two entries appear under the name of the above vessels the figures relate
to consignments of different marks.