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 (cont) Tons. Cwts.
40 Bags Powdered Corn Starch & Glucose —
damaged and contaminated. 1 16
16 Bags Monosodium Glutamate - torn and damaged 7
Animal Feeding
154 Bags White Maize Flour — sweepings. 4 12
19 Bags Corn Kernels - oil stained and contaminated
by extraneous matter. 9
20 Bags Lentils — vermin infested. 1 0
22 Bags Canneloni Beans — Rodent damaged 1 2
37 Bags White Bean Sweepings - dirty. 2 4
6 Drums Bone Fat — no official certificate. 1 1
20 Bags Groundnut Kernels — sweepings. 12
10 Bags Desiccated Coconut - sweepings. 8
138 Cartons and quantity of Sultanas — wet damaged,
mouldy and oil stained. 34 9
Contractors
Various quantities of meat and offal — unfit for
human consumption. 135 13
Other Districts
612 Cartons Honeydew Melons — wasty. Released
for sorting. 9 0
466 Cartons Apples — wet damaged. Released for
sorting. 9 7
1,903 Boxes Grapes — wasty. Released for sorting 21 15
960 Cartons Sliced Peaches — crushed. Released
for sorting. 16 1
495 Cartons Fruit Cocktail — blowing. Released
for sorting. 7 19
62 Bundles Prunes — maggot infested. Fumigated
and released for washing and re-processing 1 13
37 Cartons Char Magaz (dried fruit) — insect infested.
Released for fumigation. 17
17 Cases Red Dates - dirty. Released for
cleaning. 4
40 Bags Shelled Almonds — stained. Released for
cleaning. 2 0
100 Bags Cumin Seeds — insect infested. Released
for fumigation. 4 17
5 Bags Coriander Seeds — sweepings. Released
for re-conditioning. 3
123 Cartons Potatoes — wet stained. Released for
sorting. 16
2,261 Crates Vegetables — wasty. Released for
sorting. 15 11
56 Bales Cinnamon Chips — wet and fire damaged.
Released for reconditioning. 4 1
9,993 Cartons Tomato Paste — contained tin, some
cans blown. Released for sorting. 291 12
3 Bags Coffee Beans — sweepings. Released for
cleaning.1
179 Chests and 172 bags of Tea — wet damaged and
oil stained. Released for sorting and reconditioning. 13 1
1,150 Cartons Sweets with Toys — contained prohibited
colouring matter. Sweets released for destruction 20 19
7 Containers Cheddar Cheese — unwholesome.
Released for sorting, and processing. 104 6
15 Cartons Butter — dock water and rodent damaged.
Released for reconditioning. 7
10 Cartons Choice Grade Factory Butter — dock water
damaged. Released for processing. 5
25 Cases Dried Fish - insect infested. Released
for fumigation. 1 5
25 Cartons Boneless Beef — no official certificates.
Released for sterilization and pet food manufacture. 12
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