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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
Bermondsey 1911
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1911
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21
Tons.
cwts.
lbs.
qrs.
Shrimp Paste
4
-
-
-
Skate
2
-
-
-
Strawberries
1
10
1
20
Tangerines
4
-
-
-
Tinned Apricots
8
11½
-
-
„ Beef
4
-
-
-
„ Fish
13
-
-
-
„ Fruit
1
1
20
-
„ Herrings
4
-
-
-
„ Lobster
27
-
-
-
3
„ Meat
-
-
-
„ Meat Trimmings
2
16
-
-
„ Peas
-
2
-
-
„ Salmon
5
2
9
-
„ Sliced Pines
2
1
18
-
„ Soup
3
-
-
-
„ Tomato
7½
-
-
-
„ Quince
10
-
-
-
Tomatoes
3
3
16
-
Tomato Pulp
13
1
12
-
Turkeys
-
16
-
-
Various Tinned Goods
3
10
3
20¾
Vegetables
1
20
-
-
27
14
0
13½
Register of Placcs 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
76
Ice cream
139
Butchers
75
Milk-sellers
294
Fishmongers, friers and curers
Restaurants and eating houses
141
81
15
Food stores
363
Coffee stalls
99
Food wharves and depots
1,428
Food factories
40
Fruiterers and greengrocers
105
Unsound Food Seizures.
The following prosecutions took place during the year under report:—
February 8th Exposing for sale unsound turkeys Fine £5, costs 10s.
„ 15th „ „ „ Fine £10.
May 17th „ „ „ oranges Bound over in the sum of £5 to come up for
judgment if called upon within 12 months.
November 1st „ „ „ lemons, Fine £1, or 14 days' imprisonment,
onions, tomatoes and melons.
Food Examined during the year 1911.
Inspectors.
Meat.
Fish.
Fruit.
Vegetables.
Tinned
Goods.
Dairy
Produce.
Cereals.
Various.
No. of
Inspections.
Tons.
No. of
Inspections.
Tons.
No. of
Inspections.
No. of
Inspections.
Tons.
Tons.
No. of
Inspections.
Tons.
No. of
Inspections.
Tons.
No. of
Inspections.
Tons.
No. of
Inspections.
Tons.
Mr. Ashdown
l7
127
9128
925
7746½
378
9¾
616 ¼
6970½
313
25137¼
101
135
4626
27
19
468
„ Scott
839
513½
518
248½
591
1928¼
523¼
88
37¾
14
5
-
3
1½
-
934½
575
149
676
2244
694
886
655
45½
23
11
51
2769½
14
„ Hoskins
1038
151½
„ Wood
1
3
½
-
2
¼
-
¼
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
„ Merryman
-
-
1
¼
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
17
-
„ Toogood
-
5
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
„ Freeman
1
¼
1
¼
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
¼
-
-
-
-
„ Pitts
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
841
1133
418½
1291
78
Totals
2257
1580
29309½
10537½
172
3694½
844
699½
36
7899½
4642
Note. —The inspections refer to the number of separate lots, and the weights are only approximate.
Milk Premises.
There were 286 milk premises on the Register at the end of 1910. Thirty-five were added
and 27 removed during 1911, making a total of 294 on the Register at the end of the year under
report. 1,118 inspections were made and 10 notices served.
Cowsheds.
There are 3 cowsheds in the Borough. These received regular visits, the total number of
inspections for 1911 being 20. One notice was served.
Contined.
| Tons. | cwts. | qrs. | lbs. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shrimp Paste | – | – | – | 4 |
| Skate | – | – | 2 | – |
| Strawberries | 1 | 10 | 1 | 20 |
| Tangerines | – | – | – | 4 |
| Tinned Apricots | – | 8 | – | 11½ |
| „ Beef | – | – | – | 4 |
| „ Fish | – | – | – | 13 |
| „ Fruit | – | 1 | 1 | 20 |
| „ Herrings | – | – | – | 4 |
| „ Lobster | – | – | – | 27 |
| „ Meat | – | – | – | 3 |
| „ Meat Trimmings | – | 2 | – | 16 |
| „ Peas | – | – | – | 2 |
| „ Salmon | – | 5 | 2 | 9 |
| „ Sliced Pines | – | 2 | 1 | 18 |
| „ Soup | – | – | – | 3 |
| „ Tomato | – | – | – | 7½ |
| „ Quince | – | – | – | 10 |
| Tomatoes | – | 3 | 3 | 16 |
| Tomato Pulp | – | 13 | 1 | 12 |
| Turkeys | – | – | – | 16 |
| Various Tinned Goods | 3 | 10 | 3 | 20¾ |
| Vegetables | – | – | 1 | 20 |
| 27 | 14 | 0 | 13½ |
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 | 76 | Ice cream | 139 |
| Butchers | 75 | Milk-sellers | 294 |
| Fishmongers, friers and curers | 81 | Restaurants and eating houses | 141 |
| Food stores | 363 | Coffee stalls | 15 |
| Food wharves and depôts | 99 | 1428 | |
| Food factories | 40 | ||
| Fruiterers and greengrocers | 105 |
Food Examined during the Year 1911.
| Inspectors. | Meat. | Fish. | Fruit. | Vegetables. | Tinned Goods. | Dairy Produce. | Cereals. | Various. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of Inspections. | Tons. | No. of Inspections. | Tons. | No. of Inspections. | Tons. | No. of Inspections. | Tons. | No. of Inspections. | Tons. | No. of Inspections. | Tons. | No. of Inspections. | Tons. | No. of Inspections. | Tons. | |
| Mr. Ashdown | 378 | 6970½ | 17 | 9¾ | 313 | 25137¼ | 127 | 9128 | 101 | 616¼ | 135 | 4626 | 27 | 925 | 19 | 7746½ |
| „ Scott | 839 | 513½ | 518 | 248½ | 591 | 1928¼ | 468 | 523¼ | 88 | 37¾ | 14 | 5 | – | – | 3 | 1½ |
| „ Hoskins | 1038 | 934½ | 575 | 149 | 676 | 2244 | 694 | 886 | 655 | 45½ | 23 | 11 | 51 | 2769½ | 14 | 151½ |
| „ Wood | 1 | ¼ | 3 | ½ | – | – | 2 | ¼ | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| „ Merryman | – | – | 1 | ¼ | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| „ Toogood | – | – | 17 | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| „ Freeman | 1 | ¼ | 1 | ¼ | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| „ Pitts | – | – | – | ¼ | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Totals | 2257 | 841 | 1133 | 418½ | 1580 | 29309½ | 1291 | 10537½ | 844 | 699½ | 172 | 4642 | 78 | 3694½ | 36 | 7899½ |