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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 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Port of London]
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The Industry should proceed with all possible speed with the provision
of means for sterilizing their apparatus.
D.E. MADELEY,
Inspector•
A copy of this report was forwarded to the Medical Officer of Health
of Southend, the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and to the members of
the Local cockle industry.
SHELLFISH INDUSTRY - LEIGH AND DISTRICT. Steam cooking times for Cockles - January 1950.
| Pressures | Time taken To blow | Additional Time to Cook | Total Time in Pot | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At Rest | Steaming 1 Pot | Steaming 2 Pots | Steaming 3 Pots | ||||
| Minutes | Minutes | Minutes | |||||
| 1 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 2½ | 4½ | 7 | |
| 2 | 52 | 52 | 52 | l½ | 2 | 3½ | |
| 3 | 48 | 48 | 48 | 2 | 6 | 8 | |
| 4 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 2 | 3½ | 5½ | |
| 5 | 42 | 42 | 42 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| 6 | 35 | 35 | 35 | 5 | 2½ | 7½ | |
| 7 | 38 | 38 | 38 | 2 | 5½ | 7½ | |
| 8 | 40 | 40 | 40 | l½ | 2½ | 4 | |
| 9 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 2½ | 4 | 6½ | |
| 10 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 2½ | 4 | 6½ | |
| 11 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| 12 | 22 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 3½ | 3½ | 7 |
| 13 | 25 | 21 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 14 | 28 | 16 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 15 | 40 | 21 | 16 | 14 | 3½ | 4½ | 8 |
| 16 | 20 | 16 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 17 | 50 | 48 | 40 | 28 | 2½ | 3½ | 6 |
| 18 | 32 | 29 | 26 | 18 | 2½ | 5½ | 8 |
| 19 | 40 | 26 | 25 | 20 | 1½ | 5 | 6½ |
| 20 | 28 | 16 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
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