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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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Beef —The total quantity of beef seized and disposed of as unfit for human
consumption was 175 quarters, 4 crops, 825 pieces, 98 bags and a quantity of
trimmings weighing 52 tons 14 cwts. 2 qrs. 2 lbs., against 274 tons 15 cwts. 0 qrs.
2 lbs. in 1918."
The largest quantity seized on any vessel was 15 tons 15 cwts. 2 qrs. 7 lbs.
Mutton.—The mutton and lamb seized and disposed of totalled 818 carcases,
508 pieces, 35 bags and a quantity of trimmings, weighing in all 28 tons 4 cwts. 2 qrs,
15 lbs., against 5 tons 5 cwts. 1 qr. 20 lbs. in 1918.
The largest seizure on any vessel was 7 tons 7 cwts. 2 qrs. 7 lbs.
Australian Beep Affected with "Worm" (Onchocerca).—No beef affected
with " Worm " (Onchocerca) came under the notice of your Officers during the year.
Actinomycosis in Ox-Tongues.—Most of the ox-tongues which arrived in the
Port of London were, at the request of the consignees, removed from the district of
the Port Sanitary Authority (without inspection) to cold stores within the City of
London and the Metropolitan Borough of Finsbury, to be examined there under the
supervision of the Medical Officers of Health of those districts.
The following shows the results of the examination of some ot the consignments carried out in the Port of London by your Inspectors :—
| 252 tongues examined. | 1 found diseased. |
|---|---|
| 240 „ „ | Nil „ „ |
| 252 „ „ | 1 „ „ |
| 252 „ „ | Nil „ „ |
| 250 „ „ | Nil „ „ |
| 252 „ „ | Nil „ „ |
| 252 „ „ | Nil „ „ |
| 250 „ „ | Nil „ „ |
| 250 „ „ | Nil „ „ |
| 252 „ „ | 1 „ „ |
| 250 „ „ | 3 „ „ |
| 250 „ „ | Nil „ „ |
| 250 „ „ | 7 „ „ |
| 250 „ „ | Nil „ „ |
| 250 „ „ | Nil „ „ |
| 250 „ „ | Nil „ „ |
| 251 „ „ | 3 „ „ |
| 226 „ „ | Nil „ „ |
| 252 „ „ | Nil „ „ |
| 252 „ „ | 3 „ „ |
| 60 „ „ | Nil „ „ |
| 252 „ „ | 1 „ „ |
| 252 „ „ | 2 „ „ |
| 252 „ „ | 6 „ „ |
| 252 „ „ | 3 „ „ |
| 252 „ „ | 1 „ „ |
| 250 „ „ | Nil „ „ |
| 252 „ „ | Nil „ „ |
Pork.—During the year detailed examination was made of 18,610 carcases and
536 sides, with the result that 165 carcases and 15 sides were found to be affected
with Tuberculosis.
The pork seized and destroyed during the year was as follows:
| Tuberculous. | Unsound. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| From. | Carcases. | Sides. | Heads. | Carcases. | Sides. | Pieces. | Heads. |
| Argentine - | 144 | 15 | — | — | — | — | — |
| China | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| South Africa | 15 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ship's Stores | — | — | — | 13 | 18 | 8 | 2 |
| Totals | 165 | 15 | — | 13 | 18 | 8 | 2 |
| Veal.—The veal seized as unfit for human consumption consisted of 2 carcases and 2 sides, weighing 8 cwts. 2 qrs. 27 lbs. | |||||||