[Report 1898] / Medical Officer of Health, Liverpool City.

  • Liverpool (England). City Council.
Date:
1898
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Credit: [Report 1898] / Medical Officer of Health, Liverpool City. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    UNWHOLESOME MEAT. FISH. &c., SEIZED AND DESTROYED. —Continued. DATE.—1898. Beef. Veal. Mutton i Pork. Poultry. j Rabbits and Hares. Pisli. Shell fish. * f: u Oysters. l Miscellaneous Lbs. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs. Head Lbs. Bags Brought forward . . 174121 15162 27740 23043 695 1453 239069 143 200 Stanley Street .. • . . . • • .. 600 lbs.Cocoanuts. Stanley Road 95 • • • • Tithebarn Street . . 2856 lbs. Straw- berries UpperF rederickStreet 1400 75 70 • • Upper Milk Street . . • • 464 • • • • • • Upper Pitt Street .. • • • • 72 lbs. Tomatoes. Wavertree Road 50 • ■ • • • • • • Williamson Square ... 1698 • • • • Total . 175666 15237 29508 23507 695 1453 239069 143 200 The total amount of Meat and Fish found to be unfit for human food is equivalent to— Tons. Cwts. Qrs. Lbs. Meat ... ... 108 17 3 10 Fish ... ... 106 14 2 5 and this does not include Fish removed as refuse by Officers of the Cleansing and Scavenging Department under the Veterinary Superintendent or the City Engineer. The total amount of unwholesome meat which has been seized and destroyed during the year amounts to upwards of 108 tons. The great bulk of this meat was not exposed for sale, and was dealt with under a Local Act, which does not require a Justices’ order for its destruction. The quantity of fish seized, amounting to nearly 107 tons, was in excess of the amount taken last year, and includes a large quantity of fresh fish which had gone bad in transit, and a large quantity of salt fish which had become tainted during transit or storage, a regrettable waste of food.