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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 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Port of London]
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Pig Carcases.— A careful examination was made of a percentage of pig carcases
arriving in the Port, the number of carcases examined being 2,356. Five carcases
were found to be diseased.
Actinobacillosis in Ox Tongues.— A percentage examination was made of
every consignment of frozen ox tongues arriving in the Port. 315 consignments
were put into dock store, where careful examination was made by your Officers of
28,065 tongues, and 172 tongues were found affected with Actinobacillosis, a
percentage of 0.61.
Action taken under the Public Health (Imported Food) Regulations,
1925, resulted in 3,288 tons 14cwts. 0qrs. 26lbs. of unsound food being destroyed
or disposed of for purposes other than human consumption.
| Tons. | cwts. | qrs. | lbs. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boiling down (recovery of Fats, &c.) | 45 | 2 | 3 | 26 |
| Cattle and Poultry Foods | 779 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| Refining | 509 | 14 | 0 | 14 |
| Experiment (Laboratory work) | — | 3 | 1 | 25 |
| Exportation | 86 | 6 | 2 | 10 |
| Soap-making | 1 | 15 | 2 | 0 |
| Removed to other districts | — | 4 | 2 | 27 |
| Reconditioning | 31 | 15 | 2 | 8 |
| Technical purposes | 4 | 15 | 3 | 11 |
| Distillation | 18 | 7 | 1 | 3 |
| Destroyed—Buried | 1,749 | 17 | 0 | 16 |
| „ —Burnt | 61 | 8 | 1 | 16 |
| Total weight | 3,288 | 14 | 0 | 26 |
| Dock. | Tons. | Quantity. | No. of seizures. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cwts. | qrs. | lbs. | |||
| Royal Albert Dock | 375 | 7 | 1 | 15 | 237 |
| Royal Victoria Dock | 622 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 370 |
| King George V. Dock | 59 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 131 |
| East India Dock | 204 | 18 | 3 | 25 | 80 |
| West India Dock | 805 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 195 |
| Millwall Dock | 117 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 28 |
| Surrey Commercial Dock | 671 | 16 | 2 | 13 | 145 |
| London Dock | 131 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 173 |
| St. Katharine Dock | 171 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 20 |
| Regent's Canal Dock | 98 | 12 | 1 | 27 | 49 |
| Tilbury Dock | 30 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 160 |
| Total weight | 3,288 | 14 | 0 | 26 | 1,588 |
The approximate weight of goods condemned and the number of detentions and seizures made annually during the last ten years were as follows:—
| Year. | Approximate weight. | No. of seizures. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tons. | cwts. | qrs. | lbs. | ||
| 1927 | 1,813 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 1,369 |
| 1928 | 6,018 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 1,436 |
| 1929 | 1,743 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 1,569 |
| 1930 | 2,572 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1,547 |
| 1931 | 1,408 | 8 | 1 | 17 | 1,375 |
| 1932 | 2,654 | 13 | 1 | 16 | 1,593 |
| 1933 | 1,303 | 17 | 2 | 23 | 1,359 |
| 1934 | 1,825 | 14 | 2 | 10 | 1,567 |
| 1935 | 2,368 | 13 | 3 | 20 | 1,454 |
| 1936 | 3,288 | 14 | 0 | 26 | 1,588 |
The detention of Fats under the Public Health (Imported Food) Regulations,
1925, during the year was as follows:—
No. of Exportation Notices served 175
No. of casks, &c., released for exportation 3,360
No. of casks, &c., released for soapmaking, &c 9,160
No. of casks, &c., released to wharves under Notice of Exportation 6,720