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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 1919
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1919
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UNSOUND FOOD AND FOREIGN MEAT REGULATIONS. The following articles of food were dealt with under the above regulations during the period under report.
| Article. | Quantity Unsound. | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disposed of for other Purposes than Human Food. | Destroyed. | Removed for Sorting under S.A. | Exported. | |||||||||||||||||
| Quantity. | Weight. | Quantity. | Weight. | Quantity. | Weight | Quantity. | Weight. | |||||||||||||
| Tons. | cwt. | qr. | lbs. | Tons. | cwt. | qr. | lbs. | u. | Tons. | CWt. | qr. | lbs | K | Tons | cwt. | qr. | lbs. | |||
| Apples and Pears | 224 cases | 6 | – | – | – | 35 barrels, 4 boxes | 2 | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||||||
| Apricots | – | – | – | – | – | 5 boxes | – | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| bananas | – | – | – | – | – | 247 crates | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Beans | – | 2 | 10 | – | – | – | 11 | 14 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Bacon and Hams | 2,747 box | 825 | 1 | 1 | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | 199 boxes | 58 | 19 | 1 | 24 | 1,938 boxes | 240 | 9 | 2 | – |
| Butter | – | – | – | 1 | 21 | – | – | – | – | – | 900 boxes | 22 | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Casings | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 900 boxes | – | – | – | – | 480 cases | 132 | – | – | – |
| Cauliflowers in brine. | – | – | – | – | – | 35 casks | 8 | 8 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Chestnuts | – | – | – | – | – | 3 bags | – | 2 | 2 | 20 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Cheese | 99 crates, 8 cheese | 6 | 17 | 1 | 23 | – | – | – | – | – | 2,840 | 190 | 3 | 2 | 8 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Cocoa | – | 50 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 19 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 18 | – | – | – |
| Dates | – | 14 | 17 | – | – | 46 boxes | 5 | 16 | 3 | 2 | – | 10 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Eggs | – | – | – | – | – | 265½ boxes 2,715 tins 19 cases | 241 | 13 | 2 | 18 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| – | – | |||||||||||||||||||
| Egg Yolk | 42 Casks | 13 | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Fish | – | – | – | – | – | 10 boxes | – | – | 2 | 14 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Flour | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Gherkins | – | – | – | – | – | 2,784 casks | 1062 | 11 | 3 | 9 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Jam | – | 90 | 3 | – | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Maize | – | 4 | 13 | – | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Meat | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | – | 1 | 50 boxes | 15 | 12 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| „ salted | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Melons | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 16 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |