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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Buried (continued)TonsCwts.
3 barrels Mango Chutney — head out, contents contaminated8
2 casks Mango Chutney — oil contaminated2
15 cases Pickle — unsound15
4 bags Cocoa Beans — rodent infested3
2 ctns. Cocoa Butter — wet damaged1
141 bottles Fend Compound — bottles broken5
10 ctns. Egg Ravioli — No Official Certificates (destroyed at Merchant's request)1
24 ctns. Macaroni — vermin infested and oil stained5
4 cases Hen Eggs — Broken1
56 bags Desiccated Coconut — wet damaged17
1 case tea — wet stained and mouldy1
38 ctns. Corned Beef — poor condition10
5 ctns. Chucks and Blades — decomposed2
8 Lamb Carcases — dock water damaged2
Contractor
197 Beef Livers, 4 Beef Kidneys, 12 Beef Tenderloins, 1 Beef Crop, 1 Beef Cheek, 1 Beef Tongue, 2 Beef Hinds, 1,336 Lambs, 48 Lambs Legs, 55 Lamb Shoulders, 2 Sheep Legs, 1 Sheep Shoulder, 1 Sheep Liver, 7 Sheep Fore Parts, 16 Ewes, 4 Ewe Shoulders, 10 Ewe Legs, 238 Ox Livers, 2 Ox Hearts, 1 Ox Tongue, 1 bag Ox Kidney, 22 Ox parts, 3 ctns. Ox Skirts, 5 Briskets, 6 Wethers, 44 Silverside, 9 Rumps, 1 Thick Flank, 1 Pork Kidney, 1 Pork Liver, 3 ctns. Chicken Rolls, 1 ctn. Turkey Rolls, 70 ctns. Salami Sausages, Quantity Butter Trimmings, — diseases, dock water damaged, faecal contamination, dirty, loose collected, iced, bloodstained, sour, stale, bacterial contamination, oil stained, paint stained, brine stained, rodent damaged, soft, wet and decomposed, mouldy, mis-shapen, fire damaged287
Other Districts
47 bags Flour — dirty and contaminated — for reconditioning116
210 ctns. Raisins - infested - for processing31
15 bags Sugar — sweepings — for refining14
1 drum Honey — contaminated by extraneous matter — for refining4
60 bags Coffee Beans — wet damaged - for reconditioning311
7 bags Maple Peas — dock water damaged — for cleansing3
272 ctns. Apples — brine stained — for cleansing417
258 ctns. Oranges and Grapefruits - over ripe — for sorting412
2 ctns. Carmine Powder — returned British export — salmonella contam
inated — sterilized and processed1
40 bags Rice — dirty and contaminated by bird droppings — cleansing16
81 ctns. Powdered Egg — salmonella contaminated — for heat treatment116
600 ctns. Egg Pasta — salmonella contaminated — goods destroyed35
488 ctns. Corned Beef — poor condition — for manufacturing purposes610
22 bags Offals — loose collected and dirty — for sterilisation for petfood15
2 ctns. Beef Hearts — loose collected and dirty — for sterilisation for petfood1
218 bags Bone in Hinds — soft and bloodstained — for sterilisation for petfood153
690 ctns. Pork Lungs and 847 ctns. Beef Spleens — uncertificated for sterilisation for petfood306
Animal Feeding
62 bags Pea Beans — sweepings216
36 bags Pea Beans — dirty and contaminated111
15 bags Cocoa Beans — stained and mildewed13
569 ctns. Currants — wet stained and mouldy72
93 bags Rice — wet and dirty43
161 ctns. Milk Powder — dock water damaged316
23 bags Flour — dirty and contaminated by bird droppings18
598 bags Flour - rejected ship's stores616
92 bags Masoodhall — wet damaged412
280 bags Wheat Germ — rodent damaged1713
30 bags Wheat Germ — wet damaged112
71 bags Maize Flour — rodent damaged418
21 bags Sodium Caseinate — rodent damaged9
34 ctns. Corned Beef — poor condition9
6 bags Groundnuts — dock water damaged4
Re-exported
2,500 ctns. Tomato Puree — excess tin content511
3,000 ctns. Tomato Paste — excess copper content265
400 ctns. Tomato Paste — excess lead content137
4,000 bags Groundnuts — contained Aflatoxin500
25 ctns. Hollandaise Sauce - contained a non-permitted preservative1