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 (Cont'd) | Tons | Cwts |
|---|---|---|
| 10 Cartons Soutzoukko — Mouldy | 3 | |
| 8 Baskets Calabashs — Wasty | 2 | |
| 12 Bags Flour — Faecal contamination | 15 | |
| 18 Bags Sugar — Sweepings | 13 | |
| 6 Cartons Curry Mix — Uncertificated | 2 | |
| 9 Cartons Eggs — Broken and crushed | 1 | |
| 7 Cartons Egg Albumen — Extraneous contamination | 3 | |
| 1 Case Mixed Foodstuff — Damaged and contaminated | 1 | |
| 7 Cartons Dairy Produce — Oil stained, dock water and rodent damaged | 2 | |
| 16 Pieces of Beef — Rejected Ship stores | 3 | |
| 105 | 3 | |
| 150 Cartons Frosting Mix — Contained prohibited colouring matter | 16 | |
| 53 Bags. 61 Cartons. 15 packets Rice — Loose collected, sweepings, dirty, wet damaged and contaminated with bird droppings and refuse water | 2 | 2 |
| 60 Cartons, 9 Packets Macaroni Products — Flood damaged and oil contaminated | 14 | |
| 16 Cartons Spaghetti — Damaged and infested | 4 | |
| 4 Bags Maize Sweepings — Extraneous contamination | 5 | |
| 86 Cartons and 13 Boxes Cheddar Cheese — Heat and dock water | ||
| damaged | 2 | 4 |
| 5 Bags Flour — Bilge water damaged | 3 | |
| 1 Bag Gram Dall — Rodent damaged and contaminated | 1 | |
| 6 Bags Desiccated Coconut — Burst and rodent contaminated | 4 | |
| 24 Bags and Quantity of Shelled Almonds — Dirty, sweepings | 1 | 8 |
| 17 Cases Walnut Kernels — Smashed and contaminated | 9 | |
| 35 Cartons, 2 Bags Prunes — Mouldy, contaminated, loose | ||
| collected, sweepings | 11 | |
| 1 Cask Raspberries, 1 Cask Cranberries — Burst, damaged and contaminated | 4 | |
| 6 Cartons Honey — Rodent damaged and contaminated | 1 | |
| 5 Baskets Ginger in Syrup — Contaminated | 5 | |
| 24 Boxes Dates — Damaged, extraneous contamination | 12 | |
| 24 Boxes Sultanas — Oil contaminated and wet stained | 5 | |
| 450 Cartons Fruit Salad — Blown | 3 | 12 |
| 1245 Cases, 300 Boxes, 793 Crates and Quantity Melons - Loose collected, wasty and damaged | 33 | 14 |
| Quantity of Banana Waste — Wasty | 46 | 18 |
| 22 Cartons and 2 Containers Apples — Crushed and wasty | 1 | 12 |
| 35 3arrels and 1 Cask Orange juice — Dock water damaged & unfit | 4 | 0 |
| 1 Drum Lemon juice — Dirt contaminated | 2 | |
| 5 Casks Raspberry Pulp and Apricot pulp — Sour and mouldy or contaminated | 1 | 5 |
| 1 Hogshead Bitter Orange Pulp — Extraneous contamination | 4 | |
| 6 Cartons Dried Apricots — Wet stained | 1 | |
| 28 Cartons Oranges — Crushed | 9 | |
| 4 Cartons Chochos — Wet and wasty | 2 | |
| 2 Bags Marjoram — Dock water damaged | 1 | |
| 7 Bags Anardana (Pomegranate seeds) — Insect infested | 10 | |
| 287 Baskets Tomatoes — Wasty | 2 | 1 |
| 14 Barrels, 3 casks Pickles, Chutney and Mango Chutney — Burst and contaminated | 15 | |
| 1 Barrel Onions in Brine — Broken, Brine leaked away | 2 | |
| 329 Cases, 11 Cartons, 1039 Bags and quantity of onions — Diesel oil stained, wet, sprouting, crushed, loose collected and decomposing | 24 | 9 |
| 12 Bags new, 42 Cases sweet, 203 Bags potatoes and 400 bundles ready cooked potatoes — Wasty and unsound | 16 | 17 |
| 2 Fibre bags dehydrated Potato — Broken, contents contaminated | 10 | |
| 12 Bags and quantity of Lentils - Loose collected badly stained and contaminated | 19 | |
| 269 Bags Peas, Beans and Seeds — Loose collected, sweepings, wet and mouldy, dirty and contaminated | 11 | 18 |
| 11 Part Bags Lima Beans — Contaminated hold sweepings | 11 |