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Southwark 1910
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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TABLE 61.
Table showing the total quantity of Foodstuffs examined at the wharves from January 2nd to December 3lst, 1910, inclusive, the quantity found
to be unsound, the notices served, and the method of disposal of the unsound portion.
| Foodstuffs. | Quantity and Weight examined. | Weight found to be unsound. | Surrendered by Owner. | Seized by Inspector. | Notices served. | How unsound portion disposed of. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quantity. | Weight. | (a) Detention. | (b) Release | |||||||||||
| T. | C. | Q. | L. | T. | C. | Q. | L. | |||||||
| Applos, canned | 1181 cases and 4 tins | 27 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 12 | Yes | 7 | — | In Council's destructor, Manor Place Depot | |
| Apple Rings, dried | 529 boxes | 10 | 11 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Yes | - | 1 | — | do do |
| Apples | 704 barrels and 60 cases | 52 | 12 | 1 | 20 | - | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Apricots, bottled | 50 cases | 0 | 10 | 2 | 24 | - | - | - | — | — | ||||
| Do. canned | 2410 cases and 166 tins | 63 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 19 | 2 | 15½ | Yes | 18 | 6 | 13 cwt. 8 lbs. was destroyed on the premises where discovered. The remainder was destroye 1 at the Council's Depot | |
| Asparagus do. | 123 cases 14 tins, &c. | 2 | 16 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | Yes | - | 0 | 8 lbs. destroyed on premises, 12 lbs. at Council's Depot | |
| Bacon, Sides, &c. | 2155 packages | 216 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | Yes | 5 | 2 | Released upon an undertaking that the bacon was to be used solely for soap making (Sent to Messrs. Knight, Silvertown, E.) | |
| Beef, canned | 3331 cases and 413 tins | 102 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 13 | Yes | - | 31 | 7 | A small percentage treated and shot into barges on river bank. Remainder in Council's destructor, Manor Place Depot |
| Do. do. | 70 cases | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | Yes | 3 | The owners subsequently agreed to this beef being destroyed at Manor Place Depot, which was done | ||
| Do. frozen | 5506 forequarters, 17,556 hindquarters, 8894 flanks and briskets | 1959 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 74 | 8 | 2 | 23 | Yes | - | 51 | 49 | 8 tons 14 cwt. 1 qr. 22 lbs. was released to Brand & Co., 18, Tudor Place, W.C., for manufacturing purposes. Small quantities were burned, or treated with carbolic acid, on the premises where the meat was stored. The remainder of the unsound portion was treated with carbolic acid and released to Webb & Co., 155, Bow Road, for soap making |
| Butter | 360 cases | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Beans in Tomato, canned | 50 cases | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Casings, Hog | 581 barrels, &c | 53 | 5 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 35 | ||||
| Do. Ox | 13 casks | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 1 | ||||
| Do. Lambs | 15 casks | 3 | 11 | 0 | 25 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Do. Sheeps | 12 casks | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | _ | _ | _ | 2 | |||||
| Condensed Milk | 4630 cases | 96 | 15 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 2 | 8 | Yes | 4 | 1 | Tins pricked and treated with carbolic acid, and sent down to Council's Country Depots and buried. In addition to this, 96 cases, weighing 2 tons 1 cwt. 16 lbs. were released to be used as cattle food | |
| Carrots, canned | 28 tins | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | Yes | — | 1 | — | Council's Depot, Manor Place |
| Carried forward | 2609 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 94 | 10 | 0 | 7½ | 124 | 104 | ||||