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Southwark 1911
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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EXAMINATION OF FOOD.
TABLE 49.
Showing the quantity of Foodstuffs examined during the year 1911 by the several Inspectors throughout the Borough. (The amount shown in
this table is in addition to the total shown in Table 50.)
| Foodstuffs Examined. | Quantity and Weight found Unsound. | Surrendered by Owners. | Seized by Inspector. | Remarks. | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foodstuffs. | Quantity. | Weight. | Quantity. | Weight. | Quantity. | Weight. | Quantity. | Weight. | ||||||||||||
| T. | c. | Q. | L. | T. | C. Q. | L. | T. | c. | Q. | L. | T. | c. | Q. | L. | ||||||
| Apples | - | 10 | 17 | 0 | 20 | 31 cases, 21 baskets | 0 | 12 1 | 23 | 21 cases, 31 baskets | 0 | 12 | 1 | 23 | ||||||
| Anchovies | 2 casks | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Apricots, tinned | 8 cases, 4 tins | 0 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 4 tins | 0 | 0 0 | 10 | — | 4 tins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10* | Condemned by Magistrate, 4 tins (10 lbs.) Defendant convicted and fined £50 with £5 5s. costs. | ||||
| Beef, sides, &c. | — | 52 | 14 | 3 | 16 | |||||||||||||||
| Beef, cooked | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | |||||||||||||||
| Beef Extract | 4 cases | 0 | 3 | 3 | 12 | |||||||||||||||
| Bloaters | 10 boxes, 278 loose | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | |||||||||||||||
| Butter | 1 box | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 box | 0 | 0 2 | 0 | 1 box | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||
| Bananas | - | 0 | 14 | 1 | 12 | 14 crates, 12 bananas | 0 | 5 3 | 25 | 14 crates, 12 bananas | 0 | 5 | 3 | 25 | ||||||
| Bacon | Sides, pieces, &c. | 3 | 17 | 1 | 9 | |||||||||||||||
| Beef, tinned | — | 1 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 58 tins | 0 | 2 0 | 8 | 58 tins | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | ||||||
| Blackberries | — | 0 | 14 | 3 | 14 | |||||||||||||||
| Beef, salted | - | 0 | 14 | 3 | 13 | |||||||||||||||
| Condensed Milk | - | 9 | 17 | 1 | 12 | 381½ cases | 8 | 9 1 | 21 | 324½ cases | 7 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 57 cases | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0* | Condemned by Magistrate, 57 cases (1 ton 8 cwt 2 qrs.) Defendant convicted and fined £50 with £5 5s. costs |
| Currants, Black | 96 baskets | 1 | 0 | 3 | 10 | |||||||||||||||
| Currants, Bed | 92 baskets | 0 | 11 | 3 | 6 | |||||||||||||||
| Chestnuts | 4 bags | 0 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 4 bags | 0 | 3 1 | 14 | 4 bags | 0 | 3 | 1 | 14 | ||||||
| Cheese | 3½ boxes | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1½ boxes | 0 | 0 3 | 0 | 1½ boxes | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||||
| Cocoanuts | 120 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 70 | 0 | 0 3 | 0 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||||
| Cherries | — | 2 | 7 | 2 | 23 | |||||||||||||||
| Cauliflowers | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Canned goods, | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | |||||||||||||||
| assorted | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Carrots | 18 bags | 0 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 6 bags | 0 | 5 2 | 0 | 6 bags | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | ||||||
| Crab, tinned | 6 cases | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |||||||||||||||
| Cod | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | |||||||||||||||
| Cockles | — | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Ducks | 0 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 0 | 02 | 9 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | |||||||
| Carried forward | 87 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 27 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 17 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 10 | |||||