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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 1940

Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1940

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48
X.—FOOD CONTROL.

Table: PUBLIC HEALTH (IMPORTED FOOD) REGULATIONS, 1937. Twenty-three samples were taken during the year by the Wharves Inspectors, action being taken in connection with the following cases:—

PUBLIC HEALTH (IMPORTED FOOD) REGULATIONS, 1937. Twenty-three samples were taken during the year by the Wharves Inspectors, action being taken in connection with the following cases:—

Article ExaminedResultAction
Portuguese SardinesLead 8 parts per millionA warning was given to the merchant in all cases to communicate with shipper to eradicate metallic contamination,
Portuguese SardinesLead 8 parts per million
ChinchardsLead 10 parts per million
Tin 0.2 grams per pound
Portuguese SardinesLead 8 parts per million

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UNSOUND FOOD.
The general inspection of food in shops and on stalls forms
part of the duty of the District Sanitary Inspectors. Food, in the
quantities stated, came under the notice of the Inspectors during
the year, and being found unfit for human consumption was
destroyed.
Weight
Description of Food
tons cwts. qrs. lbs.
Fish — 2 3 2J
Fruit — — 4 8
Meat 1 15 1 2]
Poultry — — — 6
Total 1 19 2 0