London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1961
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Port of London]
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Goods which are re-exported are notified to the Medical Officer of Health of the area to
which they are going except in the cases of lack of official certificates.
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| Buried | Tons | cwts. |
|---|---|---|
| 1611 cartons and cases and approx. 14715 cans fruits, juices, pulps, vegetables, meats and fish | 66 | 12 |
| 29520 bags onions and qty. loose collected — wasty | 342 | 0 |
| Qty. bananas and banana waste — wasty | 1620 | 6 |
| 423 boxes and ctns. dried fruit — infested and dirty | 8 | 6 |
| 718 baskets potatoes — wasty | 18 | 3 |
| 436 half baskets tomatoes — wasty | 3 | 0 |
| 3430 casks and crates fruits and pulps — wasty and out of condition | 37 | 12 |
| 12 bags Egusi — salmonella contamination | — | 9 |
| 28 crates and qty. loose collected yams — wasty | 6 | 0 |
| Qty. carcase meats and offal — various reasons for condemnation | 61 | 17 |
| 24 b/in crops and hinds — no official cert. | 1 | 0 |
| 890 cases and bags nuts — dirty, sweepings and infested | 31 | 6 |
| 70 bags pea sweepings | 3 | 18 |
| 56 bags rice sweepings | 1 | 15 |
| 244 boxes dried fruits — dirty and infested | 2 | 19 |
| 232 bags dried milk powder — wet damaged | 9 | 11 |
| 2308 bags flour — wet damaged | 120 | 3 |
| Qty. ship's rejected stores | 3 | 0 |
| 30 ctns. beef patties — scrap meat | - | 12 |
| 812 bags sugar sweepings | 93 | 17 |
| 61 chests and qty. loose collected tea — wet and dirty | 38 | 15 |
| 1214 ctns. lard — oil damaged and dirty | 16 | 3 |
| 66 pkgs. butter — dock water damaged and dirty | 1 | 15 |
| 1729 cases and bags ox livers — diseased (for 100% examination) | 56 | 10 |
| 483 ctns. egg albumen — salmonella (for heat treatment) | 12 | 1 |
| 230 bags onions — wasty | 5 | 15 |
| 1425 cases pears — overripe | 35 | 12 |
| 100 bags desiccated coconut — salmonella | 5 | 0 |
| 1990 bags flour — wet damaged | 115 | 17 |
| 53 carcases meat — ship's rejected stores | 11 | |
| 200 casks plum pulp — excess preservative | 57 | 15 |
| 204 ctns. lard — heat damaged and dirty | 3 | 2 |
| 100 c/s confectionery — wet damaged | 2 | 13 |
| 16 kegs nutmegs — infested | 1 | 0 |
| 598 ctns. beef tongues — no official cert. | 16 | 8 |
| 70 bags Desiccated Coconut — salmonella | 3 | 2 |
| 255 bags tea sweepings | 25 | 1 |
| 200 chests tea — excess lead content | 1 | 12 |
| 23 casks casings — no official certificates | 4 | 18 |
| Qty. dried apricots — excess preservative | 1 | 5 |
is made to them for their help. They cover the same period as this report and are figures of tonnages of foodstuff landed on their quays and handled by them during this period.
| Commodi ty | Tons |
|---|---|
| Butter, cheese and margarine | 18,425 |
| Canned goods | 103,184 |
| Flour | 43,396 |
| Fruit, dried | 29,332 |
| Fruit, green and vegetables | 323,615 |
| Grain and seed | 142,029 |
| Meat, chilled and frozen | 477,057 |
| Other provisions | 31,025 |
| . Sugar | 25,057 |
| Tea | 24,510 |
| 1,217,630 |
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The following figures have been given by the Port of London Authority and acknowledgement
is made to them for their help.