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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 1941
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1941
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X.-FOOD CONTROL.
PUBLIC HEALTH (IMPORTED FOOD) REGULATIONS, 1937.
Thirty-nine samples were taken during the year by the Wharves
Inspectors, but no further proceedings were necessary.
Three samples of flour were submitted for bacteriological examination
with satisfactory results.
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.
1bs.
1
14
3
8
Fish
2
-
-
Dairy Produce
12
-
16
1
Meat
-
-
-
-
Various
25
3
23
Total
7
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