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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 1965

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

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Tons.Cwts.
124 bags Yams - wasty124
5,470 nets Carrots - wasty6712
15 bags Pumpkins - wasty8
20 crates Celery - wasty12
36 bags Flour - rejected ship's stores16
26 bags Flour - weevil infested ship's stores16
33 bags Rice - sweepings and wet damaged18
29 bags Rice - oil damagedc2
835 ctns. Macaroni - wet-damaged910
2 bags Lentils - fire-damaged2
Quantity Sugar - dock-water damaged60-
1,799 bags Sugar - carrier barge sank130-
8 ctns. Orange Nectar - excess lead2
39 barrels Orange Juice - heads out and contents damaged717
14 casks Orange Juice - unsound319
3 casks Lime Juice - heads out and contents damaged18
2 barrels Apricot Pulp - barrels stove-in and contents damaged6
1 barrel Apricot Pulp - dock-water damaged4
1 barrel Lemon Juice - heads out and contents damaged4
6 cases Sausages - dock-water and rodent damaged also contaminated with chemical1
5 ctns Offal - dock-water damaged3
42 ctns. Prawns - sulphide discolouration7
1 barrel Mackerel - contents spilled and dirty1
7 bags Dried Mint and Thyme - dock-water damaged3
1 bag Spearmint Leaves - dock-water damaged1
3 bags Gram Dhal - rodent damaged3
1 bags Toor Dhal - contaminated with oil1
3 bags Glaxo Powder - dock-water damaged3
6 bags Potato Starch - dock-water damaged6
73 cases Spaghetti - rodent infested18
17 ctns. Red Peppers - rotted and stained4
3 ctns. Pancake Mix - wet damaged7
2 bags Wheat Gluten - loose-collected and rodent damaged2
1 barrel Gherkins - dirty and contaminated4
2 cases Egg Noodles - dock-water damaged1
5 bags Peanuts and Peanut Sweepings - dirty4
3 casks Ginger - casks broken and contents damaged6
20 barrels Pickles - heads out and contents damaged114
136 trays Beans - wasty and mouldy12
33 ctns. Confectionery - stale and unwholesome12
16 crates Cheese - contents spilled and dirty11
9 chests Tea - excess lead7
13 bags Desiccated Coconut - wet. damaged4
3 bags Juniper Berries - wet damaged3
Quantity of ship's stores - fire damaged118
Contractor
6 Beef Hinds, 53 Beef Livers, 87 Beef Tongues, 207 Beef Kidneys, 1 Beef Brisket, 2 Beef Hearts, 141 Ox Livers, 56 bags Ox Offal, 95 Ox Kidneys, 12 Ox Hearts, 14 Cow Rumps, 1 Cow Crop, 3,550 Lambs, 184 Lamb Parts, 2 Lamb Livers, 5 Lamb Shoulders, 3 ctns. Lamb Hearts, 13 Ewes, 1 Ewe Leg, 5 Sheep Legs, 20 Mutton Necks, 2 Mutton Legs, 76 Rabbits, 28 ctns. Kangaroo Meat, 3 ctns. Veal, 52 Wethers, 6 ctns. Chucks and Blades, 11 ctns. Butter, 10 ctns. Lard and 27 cases Chinese Hams - diseased, loose-collected dock-water damaged, bloodstained, wet, stained, soft, dirty, bacterial contamination, decomposed, smelly, iced, rancid, mis-shapen, and faecal contamination6113
Other Districts
123 ctns. Beef Offal and Tails - bacterial contamination - for processing36
1067 ctns. Offal - bacterial contamination - for processing2913
2 ctns. Boneless Beef - bacterial contamination - for processing1
24 ctns. Beef Livers - soft, stained and smelly, - for processing15
204 ctns. Beef Kidneys - recognition of Meat Establishment withdrawn -for processing55
Quantity Beef Fat - uncertificated - for Industrial Purposes610
2 ctns Bobby Veal Legs - bacterial contamination - for processing1
6 ctns B/L Veal - bacterial contamination - for processing3