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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: Fruit (Tinned and Bottled):—

Fruit (Tinned and Bottled):—

Tons.cwt8.qrs.lbs.
Tomatoes1518119
Cherries—2—3
Various1416—12
Total weight301626

Table: Fruit Pulp, &c.:—

Fruit Pulp, &c.:—

Tons.cwts.qrs.lbs.
Apricot Pulp—218 cases, 174 tins181129
Tomato Puree—40 cases, 1,680 tins719325
„ Paste—6 cases, 4 tins—62—
„ Soap—6 cartons, 108 tins—2319
„ Pulp—1 case, 298 tins1—314
„ Ketchup—6 tins——114
Blackcurrant Pulp—10 tins——325
Plum Pulp—4 tins—1126
Orange Pulp—15 barrels5836
Fruit Juice—67 casks, &c.61437
Total weight391815

Table: Vegetables:—

Vegetables:—

Tons.cwts.qrs.lbs.
Onions—1,893 packages611238
Peas—Quantity loose collected—127
Beans—213 cases127—1
Potatoes—4,457 packages22313219
Cucumbers—3 cases and 2 loose—31—
Cauliflowers—10 cases21—4
Various—105 packages—16—8
Total weight30015119

Table: Vegetables (Tinned):—

Vegetables (Tinned):—

Tons.cwts.qrs.lbs.
Gherkins—15 tins—1314
Various—49 tins——121
Total weight—217

Table: Nuts:—

Nuts:—

Tone.cwts.qrs.lbs.
Almonds—214 packages3435
Ground Nuts—1 bag——217
Various—7 packages—322
Walnuts (shelled)—41 cases2—210
Chestnuts—15 bags—72
Total weight517—6

Table: Provisions :—

Provisions :—

Tons.cwts.qrs.lbs.
Sugar Sweepings—1,192 bags1131226
Butter—7 packages—7214
Cheese—21 packages—5212
Cocoa-—2 bags, and parts of 33—329
Coffee—25 bags—2110
Sugar—939 bags85614
Tea—319 bags and a quantity loose collected1511—
Milk Powder—18 bags—15——
„ Evaporated—183 tins—139
„ Condensed—21 cases, 70 tins—13214
Eggs—1 case, 55 tins, and ex 96 cases—16326
Total weight2176220