Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1913
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Register of Places where Food is Prepared for Sale. The following table gives the number and kind of the various places where food is prepared or stored:—
Bakehouses | 84 |
Butchers | 77 |
Fishmongers, friers and curers | 75 |
Food stores | 567 |
Food wharves and depots | 99 |
Food factories | 24 |
Fruiterers and greengrocers | 103 |
Ice cream | 114 |
Milk-sellers | 254 |
Restaurants and eating houses | 146 |
Coffee stalls | 12 |
1555 |
Unsound Food Seizures.
The following prosecutions took place during the year under
report:-
January 1st —
Exposing 1¼ and 7¾lbs. of bullock's
liver for sale Fined £2, Costs £1 8s.
January 22nd —
Depositing 50 half sheep's heads for
sale Fined £10, Costs £5 5s.
*February 19th —
Exposing 75 lbs. walnuts for sale Fined £1, Costs 5s.
†December 17th —
Depositing 41 and exposing 38 mackerel
for sale Fined £3 or 1 month
imprisonment, costs 4s.
*Defendant paid 12s. 6d. and served 7 days imprisonment.
†Defendant went to prison.