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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Buried (cont) | Tons | Cwts |
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7 Cartons, 19 Packages Pickled Radish - Torn and contents leaking | 1 | |
2 Cartons Cocoa Butter — Dock water damaged | 1 | |
2 Cases Warian — Insect infested | 1 | |
2 Packages Pickled Beef — Unwholesome | 1 | |
15 Cartons Turkey Roll — Unwholesome | 6 | |
5 Blocks Frozen Whalemeat — No official certificate | 1 | |
7 Cartons Frozen Prawns — Sweepings, gross contamination | 1 | |
Various ships stores — Unfit | 2 | 8 |
9 Cartons Lamb Livers — Soft and putrid | 3 | |
4043 Chests and 1 Bag Tea and 2 Chests Tea Fannings — Dock water, wet and vermin damaged, mouldy and contaminated | 225 | 9 |
17 | 13 | |
8 | 13 | |
57 Cartons Currants — Wet damaged and mouldy, Released for reconditioning | 14 | |
460 Bags Rice — Beetle infested, released for rebagging and cleaning | 23 | 18 |
113 Bags Tapioca Flour — Damaged bags, dirty, released for industrial purposes | 4 | 12 |
54 Bags Sugar sweepings — Released for industrial use | 3 | 1 |
3106 Cartons and 511 boxes Cheese — contaminated with photographic chemicals, heat damaged, released for processing | 58 | 7 |
10 Boxes Bombay Duck — Insect infested, released for fumigation and cleaning | 10 | |
49 Bags Groundnuts in shell — Insect infested, released for testing Decorticator | 1 | 19 |
347 Bags white pea beans — Wet damaged, released for sorting | 15 | 15 |
181 Cartons Beef Livers — Unfit, released for sterilization and pet food manufacture | 4 | 17 |
99 Cartons boneless veal — Prohibited meat, released for sterilization and pet food manufacture | 2 | 15 |
Quantity of Yeast — Unwholesome, released for destruction | 14 | 15 |
276 Chests Tea — 235, Wet damaged, released for reconditioning. 41 contaminated with palm oil, released for examination by local authority | 15 | 8 |
9 | 12 | |
635 Cartons, 20 bags Grain Flour/Dhall — Wet damaged, mouldy | 11 | 16 |
Quantity of wheat — River water and wet damaged | 1170 | 0 |
115 Bags Rice - Rodent damaged and contaminated | 5 | 15 |
25 Bags Maize Sweepings — Contaminated with extraneous matter | 1 | 6 |
63 Cartons Macaroni — Water contaminated and mouldy | 15 | |
93 Cartons, 18 Bags milk powder — Dock water contaminated, dirty, damaged, burst and wet bags | 2 | 10 |
40 Bags Lentils — Wet damaged | 2 | 0 |
139 Bags Peas — Loose collected, sweepings, heavy extraneous contamination, wet damaged, mouldy | 6 | 1 |
6 Bags Michigan Pea Beans — Water damaged | 2 | |
253 Bags Groundnuts in shell — 3, sweepings. 250, Contained aflatoxin | 3 | 5 |
12 Sacks Bleached Almonds — Loose collected and dirty | 14 | |
1 | 0 | |
3 Cartons Fish roepaste — Contained prohibited preservative and colouring matter | 1 | |
20 Cartons Radish and Seaweed - Contained prohibited preservative and colouring matter | 5 |