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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 1916

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Port of London]

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Table: TABLE XXV.Quantity and Description of Unsound Food Seized and Destroyed for theYear ending 31st December, 1916.

TABLE XXV.

Quantity and Description of Unsound Food Seized and Destroyed for the

Year ending 31st December, 1916.

MEAT—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.
Fresh and Frozen— Beef19661quarters and crops...8201,350bags & pieces162724
Mutton and Lamb493carcases......29224ditto1012110
Veal, Pork and Offal2,005various............670pieces,&c.451507
Preserved— Tinned151cases............821tins615126
Smoked and Salted20cases, &c.690000246hams693629
Sundry.................................
RABBITS— Frozen18,941crates, &c...................47110112
Tinned....................................
POULTRY and GAME— Frozen141cases............48birds19227
FISH— Preserved, Dried27barrels, &c...................31015
„ Tinned and Bottled82cases............4,218tins315120
„ Shell......15000......15000
Wet435barrels, &c................650010
FRUIT— Fresh6,515various...1000......2461129
Preserved, Dried11,552various..................2628110
„ Tinned and Bottled30cases161000890tins19137
,, Jam and Marmalade1,688cases..................371022
VEGETABLES— Fresh130cases, &c.1400......7110
Preserved, Dried2,306bags, &c.............144tins1461201
NUTS— Whole19bags.....................1900
Desiccated and Shelled119boxes............2,351tins2413019
PROVISIONS— Tea7,178boxes..................400000
Coffee2,697bags11903......20411010
Cocoa....................................
Butter, Cheese, Lard, Margarine924boxes9303......3210213
Condensed Milk8,815cases..................21213220
Prepared Foods559cases,&c.1719111......3110315
Biscuits and Confectionery99cases..................75314
Sugar.................................
GRAIN— Wheat, Maize, Barley, Rice, &c.1,092bags229117126......2,37317126
MEAL and FLOUR1,341bags..................1387026
CONDIMENTS and SPICES46bags..................114013
EGGS119barrels, &c...................61633
EGG YOLK5cases, &c.............1tin...8021
SUNDRIES411bags, &c....31119tins312020
Total69,906various3044151710,972various5,664925
Approximate Total weight of Goods destroyed during the year 19091,4157022
„ „ 19102,4836213
„ „ 19111,408431
„ „ 19123,758712
„ „ 19132,4580221
„ „ 19141,1841111
„ „ 19153,1185319
„ „ 19165,664925