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

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City of London 1970

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

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Buried Tons Cwts.
18,434 Tins, 6,113 Cartons and 1,493 Jars of fruit, fish,
meat, vegetables, pulps and juices — burst, blown,
leaking, broken and containing excess lead and tin. 158 15
Quantity of Almond Kernels - Sweepings. 2
51 Bags Desiccated Coconut — dirty and rodent
damaged. 2 5
30 Bags Groundnuts in Shell — wet, stained and
mouldy. 7
40 Bags Areca Nuts — insect infested. 2 1
3 Bags Sago Seeds — vermin damaged. 3
26 Bags Rice — Sweepings. 1 4
450 Packets Spaghetti and Macaroni — vermin soiled
stained and mouldy. 4
8 Bags Cocoa Beans — Sweepings. 5
159 Bags and 176 Cases Onions — wasty. 42 0
4 Drums Dried Onions — broken, dirty and vermin
infested. 2
84 Bags Peas and Beans — oil stained and
contaminated by extraneous matter. 3 4
70 Baskets tomatoes — smashed and broken. 10
22 Nets and 1,745 bags carrots — wasty. 22 1
70 Bags Potatoes — wasty and damaged. 1 15
2,639 Cartons Radishes — wasty. 13 5
4 Trays Cucumbers — wet damaged. 1
19 Bags Lentils — stained and contaminated 17
9 Cartons Pickled Cucumbers — crushed and
broken. 4
664 Casks Pickles and Chutney — mouldy,
deteriorating and contaminated by extraneous
matter. 40 9
33 Cartons Lemons — wasty. 15
359 Cartons Oranges and Grapefruit — wasty,
decomposed and mouldy. 5 1
441 Boxes Oranges — wasty. 9 0
744 Barrels Grapes — wasty. 10 12
26 Cartons Apples — wasty. 12
8 Barrels Apricot Pulp — contaminated with
extraneous matter. 2 0
45 Cartons Solid Pack Apricots — burst and leaking 14
138 Boxes Dried Apricots — vermin damaged. 1 16
40 Cartons and 7 Bags Dehydrated Bananas — wet
damaged. 10
18 Cartons Bananas — wasty. 4
5,054 Cartons Melons — wasty. 66 17
683 Cartons Plantains (fruit) — wasty. 9 8
154 Cartons Prunes — unwholesome, wet damaged,
mouldy and fermenting. 1 16
31 Cartons Sultanas — dirty, damaged and infested 7
32 Cartons Currants — wet damaged and mouldy. 8
17 Cases and 4 Bags Figs — squashed, dirty and
contaminated. 4
80 Cartons Vine Leaves — burst and leaking. 1 14
1 Cask Lime Skins — contaminated. 4
20 Cases Poppadums — contaminated by extraneous
matter. 18
2 Barrels Lemon Juice — contaminated by extraneous
matter and deteriorated. 8
2 Casks Orange Juice — deteriorated and dock water
damaged. 6
1 Cask Lemon Juice — dock water damaged. 5
10 Cartons Cake Mix - contained prohibited emulsifier. 1
182 Chests of Tea - contaminated by oil, mouldy and
dock water damaged. 8 7
10 Boxes Bombay Duck — insect infested. 7
2 Boxes Frozen Sheep Casings — defrosted and
fly infested. 1
4 Cartons Frozen Prawns - dock water damaged. 1
8 Bags Green Gram (meal) — mouldy and rodent
infested. 4
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