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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 1921

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

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Table: Jam and Marmalade.—270 cases, 253 tins, weighing 10 tons 7 cwts. 0 qrs. 2 lbs., were seized and destroyed.

Jam and Marmalade.—270 cases, 253 tins, weighing 10 tons 7 cwts. 0 qrs. 2 lbs., were seized and destroyed.

Vegetables:—
Fresh—Tons.Cwts.Qrs.Lbs.
Onions—15 bags01500
Potatoes—52 bags, 1 box21420
Dried—
Peas—6 bags, 5 barrels016317
Tieans—7 bags, 1 barrel and quantity loose41822
Total weight74319

Table: Nuts —Goods of this class consisted of:—

Nuts —Goods of this class consisted of:—

Tons.Cwts.Qrs.Lbs.
Chestnuts—2,874 bags143820
Sundry—22 bags, 4 boxes113214
Desiccated Cocoanut—2 cases0400
Total weight1456014

Table: Provisions .—The total quantity of this class of goods destroyed, though not so large as last year, amounted to 206 tons 8 cwts. 1 qr. 7 lbs., and consisted chiefly of a large consignment of sugar which arrived ore damaged :—

Provisions .—The total quantity of this class of goods destroyed, though not so large as last year, amounted to 206 tons 8 cwts. 1 qr. 7 lbs., and consisted chiefly of a large consignment of sugar which arrived ore damaged :—

Tons.Cwts.Qrs.Lbs.
Tea—114 eases59316
Coffee—122 bags55021
Cocoa—318 bags, 25 cases1811126
Cheese—153 crates and quantity by weight318018
Butter—1 box00210
Sugar—1,477 bags14612313
Condensed Milk— 825 cases, 96 barrels, 21 tins2610015
Total weight206817

Table: Prepared Food:—

Prepared Food:—

Ton 8.Cwts.Qrs.Lbs.
Dried Milk—95 barrels, 2 cases04326
Macaroni —107 boxes, 8 cases19020
Total weight114018

Table: Biscuits and Confectionery:—

Biscuits and Confectionery:—

Tons.Cwts.Qrs.Lbs.
Biscuits—10 crates, 32 tins017219
Confectionery—505 cases2111017
Total weight22838

Table: G rain:—

G rain:—

Tons.Cwts.Qrs.Lbs.
Wheat625214
Oats23008
Maize017127
Barley26127
Rice1948323
Total weight2833215

Table: Meal and Flour:—

Meal and Flour:—

Tons.Cwt8.Qrs.Lbs.
Meal 1 bag, 11 barrels02015
Flour—69 pockets, 6 bags72215
Total weight7432