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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 1937

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

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Table: Disposal of Condemned Foods:—

Disposal of Condemned Foods:—

Tons.cwts.qrs.lbs
Boiling Down (recovery of Fats, &c.)1384225
Cattle and Poultry Foods940235
Refining17510120
Exportation712110
Soap-making1110226
Removed to other districts1931
Reconditioning2116314
Technical purposes—8021
Distillation1419223
Destroyed—Buried3,3661822
„ —Burnt342222
Total weight4,776631

Table: Foodstuff Condemned:—

Foodstuff Condemned:—

Dock.Tons.Quantity.No. of seizures.
cwts.qrs.lbs.
Royal Albert Dock149107276
Royal Victoria Dock6500119296
King George V. Dock20517119153
East India Dock1,16515212103
West India Dock9931204167
Millwall Dock597001161
Surrey Commercial Dock323801971
London Dock382707180
St. Katharine Dock24021114
Regent's Canal Dock2231001038
Tilbury Dock6117119186
Total weight4,7766311,545

Table: The approximate weight of goods condemned and the number of detention and seizures made annually during the last ten years were as follows:—

The approximate weight of goods condemned and the number of detention and seizures made annually during the last ten years were as follows:—

Year.Approximate weight.No. of seizures.
Tons.cwts.qrs.lbs.
19286,01831221,436
19291,74353191,569
19302,57210311,574
19311,40881171,375
19322,654131161,593
19331,303172231,359
19341,825142101,567
19352,368133201,454
19363,288140261,588
19374,7766311,545

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The detention of Fats under the Public Health (Imported Food) Regulations,
1925, during the year was as follows:—
No. of Exportation Notices served 191
No. of casks, &c., released for exportation 413
No. of casks, &c., released for soapmaking, &c. 11,061
No. of casks, &c., released to wharves under Notice of Exportation 9,905

Table: Foodstuffs disposed of as unfit for human consumption:—

Foodstuffs disposed of as unfit for human consumption:—

Tons.cwts.qrs.lbs
Mutton and Lamb—5,364 carcases, parts ex 5,688 carcases.11215321
Beef—37 hinds, crops, &c., parts ex 459 hinds, crops, &c., 25 bags and a quantity trimmings.41631
Bacon—3 bales, 7 sides and part of 1 back—10111
Pork—41 carcases and parts of 77—1717
Poultry—43 cases2———
Veal—24 bags and parts of 16 bags15—6
Hams—15 hams—2——
Sausages—2 packages——12
Total weight1227222