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Tinned Peas Copper absent.
Ditto Ditto.
Ditto *Contained 2.43 grains per pound of crystallised
sulphate of copper.
Ditto Copper absent.
Ditto Contained 1.65 grains per pound of crystallised
sulphate of copper.
Ditto * „ 2.91 Ditto.
Ditto „ 1.75 Ditto.
Ditto ,, 1.75 Ditto.
Ditto „ 1.4 Ditto.
Ditto * „ 2.45 Ditto.
Ditto „ 0.98 Ditto.
Ditto * „ 2.17 Ditto.
Ditto * „ 2.31 Ditto.
Ditto * „ 2.31 Ditto.
Ditto * ,, 2.91 Ditto.
Ditto „ 1.94 Ditto.
Ditto ,, 1.55 Ditto.
Tinned Spaghetti „ 0.329 grains per pound of tin.
Raspberry Pulp in casks ,, 5.25 grains per pound of sulphur
dioxide.
Tinned Apricot Pulp „ 1.4 grains per pound of tin.
Tinned Peas Copper absent.
Ditto Ditto.
The consignments from which samples marked * were taken, were seized as unfit for human consumption.
During the year it came to the notice of your Medical Officer that a considerable
business was being carried on in what are known as " sugar sweepings," which
consist of loose sugar swept up from the floors of dock warehouses and other places.
As these sweepings contain a considerable quantity of dirty extraneous matter
(frequently as much as 25 per cent.), and could be disposed of for making low grade
jam and sweets or mixing with larger quantities of clean sugar and so escape
notice, your Medical Officer had them placed under detention and only released on
a written guarantee being given to your Medical Officer that they would be taken
to addresses specified in the guarantees and there submitted to a satisfactory
process of refining, such guarantees being signed by the persons carrying out the
process of refining?
In all cases of sugar sweepings being released for refining, the Medical Officers
of Health of the districts in which the refining was to be carried out, were furnished
with the necessary particulars.
The total quantity of this material released during the year for the purpose
of refining was 355 tons 3 cwts. 1 qr. 26 lbs.
During the year applications were received from Importers to be allowed to
remove various foodstuffs from the district of the Port of London without examination
by your officers, on the understanding that the goods would be examined and
dealt with under the supervision of the Medical Officer of Health of the district
to which the goods were removed.
The permission asked for was given in respect of the following foodstuffs
For removal to the City of London:—
8,972 bags and cases of ox-tongues.
6,106 carcases of mutton.
3,120 quarters of beef.
698 packages of frozen sundries.
1 crate of rabbits.
1,131 cases of frozen salmon.
For removal to the Borough of Bermondsey:—
165 cases of ox-tongues.
381 bags of flour.
14,982 carcases of mutton.
For removal to the Borough of Finsbury:—
4,647 carcases of mutton.
19,011 bags and cases of ox-tongues.
For removal to the Borough of Southwark:—
1,501 cases of ox-tongues.
69 crates of cheese.
817 crates of rabbits.
475 cases of condensed milk.
961 bags of flour.
1,750 boxes of lard.
200 cases of tinned tongues.
For removal to the Borough of Hackney:—
270 cases of condensed milk.
12 cases and 21 tins of marmalade.
For removal to the Borough of Poplar:—
35 bags of flour.
For removal to the Borough of Lambeth:—
105 bags of flour.