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 1950
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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 or disposed
of for purposes other than human food.
Weight
Description of Food
tons
cwts.
qrs.
lbs.
Fish — 8 1 22
Meat 1 17 2 25
Fruit — 2 1 11
Milk — 6 - 24
Bacon 1 2 3 2
Preserves — — 1 7
Vegetables — 3 — 6
Various — 5 2 16
Total 4 6 2 1
PHARMACY AND POISONS ACT, 1933 AND
PHARMACY AND MEDICINES ACT, 1941.
Sixty-four premises were entered on the Council's list for the
year under report.
As a result of samples being purchased, it was found that six
contraventions of the Act occurred, poisons being sold wrongly by
unlisted vendors. Warnings were given in all cases.
MILK PREMISES.
FOOD AND DRUGS ACT, 1938.
MILK AND DAIRIES ORDER, 1926.
Thirteen milk sellers were registered under the above Acts during
1950, and 8 were removed from the Register. There were 109 milk
sellers on the Register at the end of the year.