London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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City of London 1967

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

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27 cases Pears — dock water damaged10
252 crates Yams — wasty1310
25 bags Dried Peas — rodent damaged15
11 crates Garlic — wasty2
21 bags Onions — dock water damaged9
2 casks Ginger — heads out, contents contaminated by extraneous matter2
1 cask Ginger — heads out, contents contaminated by dock water2
1 barrel Gherkins — heads out, contents contaminated by dock water5
7 bags Tea — sweepings2
1 chest Tea — wet damaged1
230 ctns. Pizza Crust — mould growth17
6 bags coconuts — mouldy6
5 bags Desiccated coconut — dock water damaged5
14 ctns. Currants — wet stained9
44 ctns. Raisins — wet and mildewed10
4 ctns. Patras — dock water damaged1
31 ctns. Currants — mouldy7
2 ctns. Cocoa Butter — dock water damaged1
2 bags Peppers — dock water damaged3
42 ctns. Honey — stained and damaged5
9 boxes Lard — broken and dirty4
11 ctns. Macaroni — rodent damaged2
25 ctns. Mushrooms — maggotty14
13 crates Eggs — unwholesome6
4 ctns. Egg Albumen — dirty2
150 ctns. Egg Noodles — Salmonella contaminated15
2 ctns. Ice Cream Cones — dock water damaged1
Quantity Offals — loose collected and dirty2
22 bags Ox Livers — blood stained and dirty16
Buried
12,007 tins, 2,561 ctns, 1,267 jars, fruit, fish, meat, vegetables, pulps and
juices — burst, blown, leaky or broken8919
41 casks Onions in Brine — wasty712
2,709 bags Onions - wasty644
34 bags Onions — oil contaminated17
100 sacks Carrots — decomposed12
7 ctns. Carrots — wet damaged1
120 bags Beans — damaged by broken soil pipe in ship's hold60
160 ctns. French Beans — wasty9
322 bags Pea Beans — damaged by water160
Quantity Fresh Marrows — wasty10
1,154 bags Potatoes — wasty3215
2,251 bags Potatoes — maggot infested550
6 cases Muraba Carrot — contained prohibited preservative3
159 ctns. Currants — wasty and infested20
59 ctns. Sultanas — wet damaged13
16 ctns. Sultanas - rodent infested4
2 casks Apricot Pulp — heads out, contents contaminated with extraneous matter5
8 barrels Apricot Pulp - excess preservative23
5 barrels Plum Pulp — barrels broken contents contaminated10
1 cask Strawberry Pulp — wasty2
1 cask Orange Pulp — contaminated by dock water3
9 casks Orange Juice — unsound210
1 cask Lemon Peel — dock water damaged5
30 bags Manioc Meal - sweepings16
6 bags Rice - sweepings3
43 bags Rice — oil contaminated118
1 bag Flour - sweepings1
5 bags Prunes — sweepings3
11 cases Figs — wet damaged2
22 boxes Figs — rodent damaged5
17 boxes Oranges and Grapefruit — over ripe and wasty7
1,448 cases Oranges - wasty2912
Quantity Apples — wasty411
Quantity Banana Waste1,0787
4,600 bags Yams - wasty3272
14 boxes Melons — wasty45
1,500 crates Plums — wasty221
200 crates Pimentoes — wasty14
52 ctns. Cucumbers — wasty10
10 ctns. Garlic — wasty4
12 bags Pumpkins - dock water damaged7
8 bags Lentils — rodent damaged5
1 cask Gherkins in Brine - cask burst, contents contaminated4