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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 1919
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Port of London]
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TABLE XXXI.
Quantity and Description of Unsound Food Seized and Destoyed foe the
Year knding 31st December, 1919.
| Original packages. | Sundry quantities by weight. | Loose Articles. | Approximate Total weight of Goods destroyed. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MEAT— | No. | Description. | Tons. | cwts. | qrs. | lbs. | No. | Description. | Tons. | cwts. | qrs. | lbs. |
| Fresh and Frozen— | ||||||||||||
| Beef | 179 1 | quarters | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 923 | 52 | 14 | 2 | 2 | |
| crops | bags | |||||||||||
| Mutton and Lamb | 818 | carcases | 0 | 11 | 0 | 12 | 543 | pieoee | 28 | 4 | 2 | 15 |
| Veal, Pork and Offal | 1,832 | various | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 244 | pieces,&c. | 54 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| Sausages | 5,084 | cases | 216 | 2 | 2 | 9 | ||||||
| Preserved— | ||||||||||||
| Tinned | 1,798 | cases | 1,773 | tins | 27 | 18 | 1 | 13 | ||||
| Smoked and Salted | 9 | boxes | "o | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 26 | ||
| Sundry | 156 | bags, &c. | 293 | 12 | 1 | 26 | ||||||
| RABBITS— Frozen | 3,097 | crates | 77 | 1 | 1 | 10 | ||||||
| Tinned | 100 | cases | 118 | tins | 3 | 12 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| POULTRY and GAME— | ||||||||||||
| Frozen | 6 | packages | 0 | 4 | 3 | 25 | ||||||
| FfSH— | ||||||||||||
| Preserved, Dried | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 | ||||
| ,, Tinned and Bottled Shell | 230 | eases | 313 | tins | K O | 1 | 2 | 15 | ||||
| Wet | " 7 | casks | 0 | 10 | 2 | "o | ||||||
| FRUIT— | ||||||||||||
| Fresh | 729 | crates,&c. | ] | 15 | 1 | 8 | 76 | pkgs.,&c. | 35 | 12 | 9 | 12 |
| Preserved, Dried | 11,050 | boxes, <Sc. | 3 | 9 | 0 | 18 | 191 | bskts.,&c. | 172 | 13 | I | 14 |
| „ Tinned and Bottled | 4,397 | tins & cases | 19 | 17 | 2 | 15 | ||||||
| ,, Jam and Marmalade | 167 | tins | 0 | 5 | 2 | 9 | ||||||
| VEGETABLES— | ||||||||||||
| Fresh | 147 | bags | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Preserved, Dried | 24 | bags | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
| „ Pickled | 552 | barrels | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| NUTS— | ||||||||||||
| Whole | "A | "o | ||||||||||
| Desiccated and Shelled | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | o | 0 | ||||
| PROVISIONS— | ||||||||||||
| Tea | ||||||||||||
| Coffee | ||||||||||||
| Cocoa | ||||||||||||
| Butter, Cheese, Lard, Margarine | 11 | tubs | 0 | 3 | 3 | 12 | ||||||
| Condensed Milk | 2,068 | cases, &c. | 138 | tins | 49 | 2 | 3 | 20 | ||||
| Prepared Foods | 439 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 439 | 9 | 1 | 8 | ||||
| Biscuits and Confectionery | ||||||||||||
| Sugar | ||||||||||||
| GRAIN— | ||||||||||||
| Wheat, Maize, Barley, Rice, &c. | 1217 | 19 | 3 | 15 | 1,217 | 19 | 3 | 15 | ||||
| MEAL and FLOUR | ||||||||||||
| CONDIMENTS and SPICES | " 1 | case | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | ||||||
| EGGS | ||||||||||||
| EGG YOLK | ||||||||||||
| SUNDRIES | 234 | bags | 22 | 10 | 3 | 14 | ||||||
| Total | 32,529 | various | 1665 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4,516 | various | 2,829 | 15 | 0 | 19 |
| Approximate Total weight of Goods destroyed during the year 1910 | 2,483 | 6 | 2 | 13 | ||||||||
| 19U | 1,408 | 4 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||
| 1912 | 3,758 | 7 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| 1913 | 2,458 | 0 | 2 | 21 | ||||||||
| 1914 | 1,184 | 11 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| 1915 | 3,118 | 5 | 3 | 19 | ||||||||
| ?J ?? 1916 | 5,664 | 9 | 2 | 5 | ||||||||
| 1917 | 4,847 | 8 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||
| 1918 | 1,200 | 7 | 0 | |||||||||
| 1919 | 2,829 | 15 | 0 | 19 | ||||||||
Average for 9 years, 1910 to 1918 :—2,902 tons 11 cwts. 1 qr. i bs.