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

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City of London 1969

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

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7 Cartons, 19 Packages Pickled Radish - Torn and contents leaking1
2 Cartons Cocoa Butter — Dock water damaged1
2 Cases Warian — Insect infested1
2 Packages Pickled Beef — Unwholesome1
15 Cartons Turkey Roll — Unwholesome6
5 Blocks Frozen Whalemeat — No official certificate1
7 Cartons Frozen Prawns — Sweepings, gross contamination1
Various ships stores — Unfit28
9 Cartons Lamb Livers — Soft and putrid3
4043 Chests and 1 Bag Tea and 2 Chests Tea Fannings — Dock water, wet and vermin damaged, mouldy and contaminated2259
Contractor Various quantities of meat and offal including 365 lambs and also 12 cartons of butter, unfit for human consumption1713
Other Districts 486 Cartons Pineapple slices — Rusted and leaking cans, released for sorting813
57 Cartons Currants — Wet damaged and mouldy, Released for reconditioning14
460 Bags Rice — Beetle infested, released for rebagging and cleaning2318
113 Bags Tapioca Flour — Damaged bags, dirty, released for industrial purposes412
54 Bags Sugar sweepings — Released for industrial use31
3106 Cartons and 511 boxes Cheese — contaminated with photographic chemicals, heat damaged, released for processing587
10 Boxes Bombay Duck — Insect infested, released for fumigation and cleaning10
49 Bags Groundnuts in shell — Insect infested, released for testing Decorticator119
347 Bags white pea beans — Wet damaged, released for sorting1515
181 Cartons Beef Livers — Unfit, released for sterilization and pet food manufacture417
99 Cartons boneless veal — Prohibited meat, released for sterilization and pet food manufacture215
Quantity of Yeast — Unwholesome, released for destruction1415
276 Chests Tea — 235, Wet damaged, released for reconditioning. 41 contaminated with palm oil, released for examination by local authority158
, Animal Feeding 154 Bags Flour — Wet damaged and extraneous contamination912
635 Cartons, 20 bags Grain Flour/Dhall — Wet damaged, mouldy1116
Quantity of wheat — River water and wet damaged11700
115 Bags Rice - Rodent damaged and contaminated515
25 Bags Maize Sweepings — Contaminated with extraneous matter16
63 Cartons Macaroni — Water contaminated and mouldy15
93 Cartons, 18 Bags milk powder — Dock water contaminated, dirty, damaged, burst and wet bags210
40 Bags Lentils — Wet damaged20
139 Bags Peas — Loose collected, sweepings, heavy extraneous contamination, wet damaged, mouldy61
6 Bags Michigan Pea Beans — Water damaged2
253 Bags Groundnuts in shell — 3, sweepings. 250, Contained aflatoxin35
12 Sacks Bleached Almonds — Loose collected and dirty14
Re-exported 76 Cartons Hoummous Sesame Dip — Contained excess lead and prohibited preservative10
3 Cartons Fish roepaste — Contained prohibited preservative and colouring matter1
20 Cartons Radish and Seaweed - Contained prohibited preservative and colouring matter5