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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 1949

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

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Table: VI. HYGIENE OF CREWS' SPACES. TABLE J. CLASSIFICATION OF NUISANCES.

VI. HYGIENE OF CREWS' SPACES. TABLE J. CLASSIFICATION OF NUISANCES.

Nationality of Vesse1.Number in- spected during the year.Defects of Original constructtion.Structural defects through wear and tear.Dirt, vermin and other conditions prejudicial to health.
BRITISH8,332158236.925
OTHER NATIONS2,5156386
TOTALS10,8471642391,011

Table: VII. FOOD INSPECTION.The total amount of foodstuffs seized and condemned for human consumption and either reconditioned or disposed of for animal consumption or for industrial purposes under guarantee or destroyed was 1,711 tons 13 cwts. 3 qrs. 10 lbs. as compared with 93 7 tons in 1948 and 1,094 tons in 1947. The following is a summary showing the method of disposal of the foodstuffs seized

VII. FOOD INSPECTION.

The total amount of foodstuffs seized and condemned for human consumption and either reconditioned or disposed of for animal consumption or for industrial purposes under guarantee or destroyed was 1,711 tons 13 cwts. 3 qrs. 10 lbs. as compared with 93 7 tons in 1948 and 1,094 tons in 1947. The following is a summary showing the method of disposal of the foodstuffs seized

Method of DisposalWEIGHTApproximate percentage of total seized.
Tons.cwts.qrs.lbs.
Boiling Down730144.2
Cattle Food765522044.7
Re-export171110310.0
Re conditioning843250.4
Industrial Purposes43250.2
Refining13970248.1
Other Districts4511362.6
Buried4971501929.0
Burnt6140160.3
1,7111331099.5

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It will be noted that, of the 1,711 tons destroyed the principal methods of
destruction were Cattle feeding, Burying, Re-exportation and Refining.
Of these, the items so destroyed were as follows
Cattle Feeding - wasting oranges, bananas, onions, tomatoes and grapes, 253 tons
and a quantity of sweet pickles, mouldy and broken down, 167 tons.
Buried - wasting bananas, 708 tons, from 32 shipments, and decomposing cauliflowers
date s and potatoes, 28 tons.
Re-exportation - 12 tons of Tomato Ketchup with an excess of preservative 30 tons
of Gherkins, burst, blown and leaky and 124 tons of Chinese lard for which
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