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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
Southwark 1911
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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TABLE 48.
Inspections of Food at Wharves, Markets, and other places where food is stored, and the action taken by the officials
during the year 1911.
| INSPECTION OF WHARVES, &c. | FOOD EXAMINED, &c. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WARD. | Inspections of Wharves and Warehouses. | Inspections of Markets. | Inspections of Shops or Street Stalls. | Total. | Parcels of Food Examined. | Number of Samples Examined. | Parcels of Food Sorted. | Parcels of Food des troyed by consent of owner. | Parcels of food seized by Inspector. | Parcels of food condemned by Mag-istrate. | Summonses taken out. |
| St. Mary's | 4 | 321 | 61 | 386 | 543 | 802 | — | 3 | — | — | — |
| St. Paul's | 28 | 11 | 65 | 104 | 205 | 991 | 10 | 17 | _ | — | _ |
| St. Peter's | 2 | 623 | 158 | 783 | 1134 | 1693 | 7 | 7 | — | — | |
| St. John's | — | 408 | 110 | 518 | 744 | 1200 | 2 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 2* |
| Trinity ... | 1 | 52 | 54 | 107 | 216 | 248 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| All Saints' | — | 18 | 52 | 70 | 126 | 154 | — | — | — | — | — |
| St. Michael's | 4 | 381 | 43 | 428 | 763 | 880 | 2 | 2 | — | _ | — |
| St. Jude's | — | 337 | 25 | 362 | 537 | 662 | — | — | — | — | _ |
| St. George's | 4 | 61 | 34 | 99 | 165 | 215 | — | 15 | — | — | — |
| Christchurch | 190 | 101 | 51 | 342 | 604 | 2511 | 4 | 112 | — | — | — |
| St. Saviour's | 696 | 84 | 405 | 1185 | 1986 | 33989 | 10 | 268 | 5 | 5 | — |
| By M.O.H | — | — | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | — | — | — |
| Brought to Town Hall | — | — | — | — | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | — | — | — |
| 929 | 2397 | 1060 | 4386 | 7031 | 43351 | 41 | 455 | 6 | 6 | 2 | |
* Note.—One of these summonses refers to a seizure of food made in 1910.