Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Port of London]
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| Contractors | tons | cwts |
|---|---|---|
| 118 Lambs, 74 rabbits, 20 sheep, 10 ewes, 264 ctns ox meat, 94 ctns beef, 8 ctns veal, 39 livers, 7 ctns butter, parts ex 24 lambs and 2 sheep and quantity other meat and offal, dirty, diseased, damaged, stained, bacteriologically contaminated, iced and dock-water damaged | 22 | 0 |
| 3783 Ctns boneless meats - salmonellae contamination-sterilisation | 111 | 16 |
| 8 Bags loose-collected and dirty meat - sterilisation | 3 | |
| 788 Quarters paint tainted meat - for ozonisation | 55 | 16 |
| 182 Qtrs fire damaged beef - for sterilisation | 11 | 5 |
| 4615 Ctns bacteriologically contaminated beef - for sterilisation | 124 | 18 |
| 631 Ctns salmonellae contaminated cow-meat for sterilisation | 17 | 0 |
| 584 Ctns livers - for 100% examination | 12 | 9 |
| 1791 Ctns ox livers - for 100% examination | 48 | 11 |
| 108 Ctns salmonellae contaminated bobby veal - for sterilisation | 2 | 17 |
| 844 Ctns mutton - to be reshipped as ships stores only | 8 | 16 |
| 561 Ctns salmonellae contaminated kangaroo meat - for sterilisation | 16 | 1 |
| 39 Bags wet damaged nuts - for sorting | 1 | 17 |
| 84 Bags weevilly nutmegs - for oil distillation | 2 | 18 |
| 49 Cases shelled walnuts - for sorting | 1 | 10 |
| 20 Bags wet stained almonds and almond sweepings - for sorting | 17 | |
| Quantity wet-damaged groundnuts - for cleansing | 7 | 1 |
| 18 Bags peanut kernels - sweepings - for re-conditioning | 18 | |
| Quantity uncertified lard - for animal feed or soap making | 380 | 0 |
| Bulk tallow - no official certificates - for soap making. | 199 | 15 |
| 43 Ctns dirty butter - for reconditioning | 14 | |
| 3833 Crushed Ctns tomato puree - for sorting | 102 | 15 |
| 671 Crates wasty tomatoes - for sorting | 4 | 12 |
| 12 Cases olives - for sorting and reconditioning | 6 | |
| 230 cases over-ripe melons - for sorting | 4 | 12 |
| 108 Bags wet-stained rice - for sorting | 4 | 14 |
| 178 Bags carbon - black contaminated rice - for sorting and cleansing | 8 | 18 |
| 65 Bags wet-damaged and mouldy flour - for industrial purposes | 4 | 1 |
| Quantity damaged tea and tea sweepings - for chemical and fertiliser manufacture | 31 | 17 |
| 10,641 Bags D.D.T. contaminated potatoes - for cleansing | 626 | 8 |
| 10 Bales insect - infested dried fish - for cleansing | 12 | |
| 4877 Bags wet damaged and lamp-black damaged flour | 274 | 18 |
| 20 Ctns wet-damaged milk powder | 11 | |
| 50 Bags wet-damaged beans | 1 | 1 |
| Quantity wheat from sunken barge | 180 | 0 |
| 9 Bags dock-water damaged wheat | 1 | 11 |
| 115 Ctns wet-damaged sultanas | 1 | 10 |
| 196 Bags wet and dock water damaged rice | 9 | 11 |
| 76 Bags carbon black damaged rice | 3 | 7 |
| 66 Bags wet and rodent damaged peas and pea sweepings | 3 | 16 |
| 18 Ctns rodent damaged red beans | 10 | |
| Quantity stive-dust sweepings | 25 | 0 |
| 9 Bags oil-stained lentils | 9 | |
| 6000 Ctns bacteriologically sub-standard beef steaks | 83 | 0 |
| 598 Ctns canned meat - no official certificates | 6 | 12 |
| 62 Bags Sugar Sweepings | 4 | 17 |
| 35 Bags tapioca sweepings | 1 | 16 |
| 44 Bags graphite damaged soya flour | 2 | 4 |
| 3 Bags rodent damaged wheat germ | 4 | |
| 28 Bags damaged rolled oats | 17 | |
| 225 Bags wet damaged and mouldy groundnuts | 4 | 5 |
| 570 Bags wet and rotting potatoes | 29 | 0 |
| 250 Ctns bacteriologically contaminated Kangaroo meat | 3 | 10 |
| 8 Bags dock water damaged wheat gluten | 8 | |
| Quantity sugar - carrier barge sank | 570 | 0 |
| 20 Bags dirty sugar | 1 | 7 |
| 3 Ctns Hams - no official certificates | 1 | |
| 30 Ctns meat products - no official certificates | 10 | |
| 14 Ctns meat - no official certificates | 4 | |
| 30 Ctns Mutton-in-Rice - no official certificates | 12 | |
| 3445 Ctns tomato puree- excess copper; high mould count | 81 | 15 |
| 352 Ctns livers - no official certificates | 9 | 4 |
| 20 Ctns anchovy paste - prohibited preservative | 6 |