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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Burnt (continued) | Tons | Cwts. |
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27 cases Pears — dock water damaged | 10 | |
252 crates Yams — wasty | 13 | 10 |
25 bags Dried Peas — rodent damaged | 1 | 5 |
11 crates Garlic — wasty | 2 | |
21 bags Onions — dock water damaged | 9 | |
2 casks Ginger — heads out, contents contaminated by extraneous matter | 2 | |
1 cask Ginger — heads out, contents contaminated by dock water | 2 | |
1 barrel Gherkins — heads out, contents contaminated by dock water | 5 | |
7 bags Tea — sweepings | 2 | |
1 chest Tea — wet damaged | 1 | |
230 ctns. Pizza Crust — mould growth | 17 | |
6 bags coconuts — mouldy | 6 | |
5 bags Desiccated coconut — dock water damaged | 5 | |
14 ctns. Currants — wet stained | 9 | |
44 ctns. Raisins — wet and mildewed | 10 | |
4 ctns. Patras — dock water damaged | 1 | |
31 ctns. Currants — mouldy | 7 | |
2 ctns. Cocoa Butter — dock water damaged | 1 | |
2 bags Peppers — dock water damaged | 3 | |
42 ctns. Honey — stained and damaged | 5 | |
9 boxes Lard — broken and dirty | 4 | |
11 ctns. Macaroni — rodent damaged | 2 | |
25 ctns. Mushrooms — maggotty | 14 | |
13 crates Eggs — unwholesome | 6 | |
4 ctns. Egg Albumen — dirty | 2 | |
150 ctns. Egg Noodles — Salmonella contaminated | 1 | 5 |
2 ctns. Ice Cream Cones — dock water damaged | 1 | |
Quantity Offals — loose collected and dirty | 2 | |
22 bags Ox Livers — blood stained and dirty | 16 | |
12,007 tins, 2,561 ctns, 1,267 jars, fruit, fish, meat, vegetables, pulps and | ||
juices — burst, blown, leaky or broken | 89 | 19 |
41 casks Onions in Brine — wasty | 7 | 12 |
2,709 bags Onions - wasty | 64 | 4 |
34 bags Onions — oil contaminated | 17 | |
100 sacks Carrots — decomposed | 1 | 2 |
7 ctns. Carrots — wet damaged | 1 | |
120 bags Beans — damaged by broken soil pipe in ship's hold | 6 | 0 |
160 ctns. French Beans — wasty | 9 | |
322 bags Pea Beans — damaged by water | 16 | 0 |
Quantity Fresh Marrows — wasty | 10 | |
1,154 bags Potatoes — wasty | 32 | 15 |
2,251 bags Potatoes — maggot infested | 55 | 0 |
6 cases Muraba Carrot — contained prohibited preservative | 3 | |
159 ctns. Currants — wasty and infested | 2 | 0 |
59 ctns. Sultanas — wet damaged | 13 | |
16 ctns. Sultanas - rodent infested | 4 | |
2 casks Apricot Pulp — heads out, contents contaminated with extraneous matter | 5 | |
8 barrels Apricot Pulp - excess preservative | 2 | 3 |
5 barrels Plum Pulp — barrels broken contents contaminated | 1 | 0 |
1 cask Strawberry Pulp — wasty | 2 | |
1 cask Orange Pulp — contaminated by dock water | 3 | |
9 casks Orange Juice — unsound | 2 | 10 |
1 cask Lemon Peel — dock water damaged | 5 | |
30 bags Manioc Meal - sweepings | 1 | 6 |
6 bags Rice - sweepings | 3 | |
43 bags Rice — oil contaminated | 1 | 18 |
1 bag Flour - sweepings | 1 | |
5 bags Prunes — sweepings | 3 | |
11 cases Figs — wet damaged | 2 | |
22 boxes Figs — rodent damaged | 5 | |
17 boxes Oranges and Grapefruit — over ripe and wasty | 7 | |
1,448 cases Oranges - wasty | 29 | 12 |
Quantity Apples — wasty | 4 | 11 |
Quantity Banana Waste | 1,078 | 7 |
4,600 bags Yams - wasty | 327 | 2 |
14 boxes Melons — wasty | 4 | 5 |
1,500 crates Plums — wasty | 22 | 1 |
200 crates Pimentoes — wasty | 1 | 4 |
52 ctns. Cucumbers — wasty | 1 | 0 |
10 ctns. Garlic — wasty | 4 | |
12 bags Pumpkins - dock water damaged | 7 | |
8 bags Lentils — rodent damaged | 5 | |
1 cask Gherkins in Brine - cask burst, contents contaminated | 4 |