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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
West Ham 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
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Unsound Food Condemned.
Skate Wings—9 st. 12 lbs.
Herrings—2¾ barrels, 1 case, and 1 box.
Mussels—8 jars and 1 bag.
Cockles—1 jar.
Cods' Roe—4 boxes.
Shrimps—½ pint.
Kippers—30 boxes.
Haddocks—1 kit, 1 case, and 1 trunk.
Mackerel—125 boxes.
Plaice—3 trunks.
Winkles—6 bags.
Conger Eel—1 box.
Brawn—5 lbs.
Mutton—½ leg, 1½ shoulders, 2 breasts, and 27lbs.
Beef—87¼ lbs.
Mixed Pieces—13 lbs.
Carcases—3 bullocks, 1 sheep, 3 pigs, 1 cow.
Pigs' Heads—9.
„ Plucks—1.
„ Liver—1.
„ Lungs—3 pairs.
„ Paunch—1.
Sheep's Lungs—5 pairs.
Beasts' Lungs—7 pairs.
„ Tongue—1.
Head —1.