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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 1924
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Port of London]
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TABLE XXXV.
Quantity and Description of Unsound Food Seized and Destroyed for the Year ending
31st December, 1924.
| MEAT— Fresh and Frozen— | Original Packages. | Sundry Quantities by Weight. | Loose Articles. | Approximate Total Wei Goods Destroyed. | ght of | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Description. | Tons | Cwts. | Qrs. | Lbs. | No. | Description. | Tons | Cwts. | Qrs. Lbs. | ||
| Beef | 1,621 | quarters, crops, &c. | 4 | 19 | 0 | 17 | 363 | bags, &C. | 141 | 8 | 2 | 17 |
| Mutton and Lamb | 403 | carcases | 3 | 14 | 0 | 27 | 798 | pieces | 13 | 11 | 1 | 5 |
| Veal, Pork and Offal | 13 614 | carcases, bags, &c. | — | — | — | — | 290 | — | 27 | 9 | 1 | 12 |
| Sausages | 76 | cases | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 14 | 2 | 3 |
| Preserved— | ||||||||||||
| Tinned | 3 | cases | — | — | — | — | 362 | tins | 16 | 0 | 15 | |
| Smoked and Salted | 6 | cases | — | — | — | — | 2 | pieces | — | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| Casings, Bungs, Middles, &c | 193 | casks | — | — | — | — | — | — | 45 | 15 | 1 | 2 |
| Sundry | 429 | bags | — | — | — | — | — | — | 9 | 13 | 1 | 3 |
| RABBITS— | ||||||||||||
| Frozen | 74 | cases | _ | __ | _ | _ | 48 | _ | 1 | 4 | 2 | 17 |
| Tinned | _ | _ | _ | _ | — | _ | _ | _ | — | — | _ | |
| POULTRY and GAME FISH— | 7 | bags | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 |
| Preserved, Dried | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | |
| ,, Tinned and Bottled | 467 | cases | — | — | — | — | 480 | tins | 12 | 6 | 0 | 5 |
| Shell | — | _ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Wet | 8 | boxes | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 0 | ||
| FRUIT— | ||||||||||||
| Fresh | 1,503J | cases, &c. | — | — | — | — | — | — | 39 | 4 | 2 | 23 |
| Preserved, Dried „ Tinned and Bottled | 11,536 1,310 | cases cases | — — | — — | — — | — — | 1,301 | tins | 362 41 | 14 17 | 3 0 | 19 5 |
| ,, J am, Marmalade'& 1 Ioney | 44 | cases | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 6 | 1 | 6 |
| VEGETABLES— | ||||||||||||
| Fresh | 429 | packages | 10 | 8 | 0 | 8 | — | — | 52 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
| Preserved, Dried | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ,, Tinned | 117 | cases | — | — | — | 273 | tins | 5 | 9 | 3 | 11 | |
| NUTS— | ||||||||||||
| Whole | 8 | bags | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 10 | 0 | 26 |
| Sundry PROVISIONS— | 395 | cases | — | — | — | — | — | — | 34 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Tea | 2 | cases | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 15 |
| Cocoa | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Coffee | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | 1 | 24 | |
| Chicory | 75 | oags no crc | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 10 | 3 | 8 |
| Butter, Cheese, Lard, Margarine | 59 | Udgb cases. &c. | _ | _ | — | _ | — | _ | 6 | 10 | 0 | 18 |
| Condensed Milk | 129 | cases | — | — | — | — | 2 | tins | 2 | 7 | 3 | 24 |
| Prepared Foods | 93 | cases | 4 | 14 | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| Biscuits and Confectionery | 23 | cases | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 11 | 3 | 13 |
| Sugar | 78 | bass | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | 17 | 2 | 24 |
| Sugar Sweepings | 15,581 | bags | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1,425 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| GRAIN— | O | |||||||||||
| Wheat, Maize, Barley, Rice, &c. | 12 | bags | 650 | 2 | 1 | 26 | — | — | 660 | 3 | 3 | 27 |
| MEAL and FLOUR | 88 | bags | — | — | — | — | — | — | 12 | 17 | 0 | 18 |
| EGGS | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | |
| EGG YOLK | 401 | casks | — | — | — | — | — | — | 77 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| DRUGS | 9 | cases | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| SUNDRIES | 140 | cases,&c. | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 15 | 0 | 18 |
| Totals | 35,959| | 'packages | 669 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 3,919 | tins, &c. | 2,998 | 11 | 2 | 17 |
| Approximate weight of goods destroyed during the Year 1914 | 1,184 | 11 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| " " " " 1915 | 3,118 | 5 | 3 | 19 | ||||||||
| „ „ ,, 1916 | 5,664 | 9 | 2 | 5 | ||||||||
| 1917 | 4,847 | 8 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||
| ,, „ „ ,, 1918 | 1,200 | 7 | 0 | 27 | ||||||||
| 1919 | 2,829 | 15 | 0 | 19 | ||||||||
| 1920 | 4,102 | 4 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||
| 1921 ............ | 2,616 | 17 | 0 | 16 | ||||||||
| 1922 | 3,989 | 12 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||
| 1923 | 1,751 | 9 | 0 | 19 | ||||||||
| " " " " "1923 1924 | 2,998 | 11 | 2 | 17 | ||||||||