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Southwark 1911
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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TABLE 50.
Table showing the total quantity of Foodstuffs examined at the wharves from January 1st to December 30th, 1911, 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. | (»> Release | |||||||||||
| T. | c. | Q. | L. | T. | c. | Q. | L. | |||||||
| Anchovies, tinned | 18 cases | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Apples, do. | 658 cases &c., and 31 tins | 11 | 4 | 2 | 22 | c | 13 | 3 | 2 | Yes | 6 | Destroyed at Council's depot, Manor Place | ||
| Asparagus do. | 59 cases and 55 bottles | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27 | Yes | — | 1 | - | Destroyed in furnace on premises where found |
| Apricots, dried | 29 cases | 0 | 6 | 0 | 24 | — | — | — | — | - | ||||
| Apple Rings, dried | 3 cases | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | Yes | — | 1 | - | Destroyed at Council's depot, Manor Place 6 cwt. 2 qrs. 10 lbs. destroyed in furnace on premises where found. The remainder at Council's depot, Manor Place 2 cwt. 1 qr. 10 lbs., destroyed in furnace on premises where found ; 3 cwt. 3 qrs. 26 lbs. at Council's depot, Manor Place. The remainder (1 ton 4 cwt.) was released to E. Cook & Co., Ltd., Bow, E., to be used in the process of soap-making. |
| Apricots, tinned Bacon | 1207 cases and 162 tins 658 packages and 1665 sides, &c. | 33 53 | 7 9 | 0 0 | 12 15 | 1 1 | 18 10 | 2 1 | 8 8 | Yes Yes | — | 13 4 | 3 1 | |
| Beef, frozen | 8252 flanks and briskets, 14710 hinds and fores, 432 buttocks, 2,435 drops, 97 clods and stickings | 1660 | 8 | 3 | 18 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 13 | Yes | - | 34 | 24 | 5 cwt. 1 qr. 5 lbs. destroyed at Council's depot, Manor Place; 2 cwt. 17 lbs. treated with carbolic acid, and released to be used for purposes other than for human food. The remainder (3 tons 5 cwts. 19 lb.) was burned on the premises where found. The whole of the unsound portion consisted of cysts and fat containing Spiroptera Reticulata cut away from the beef. The latter was then released as sound. |
| Beef extract | 25 casks | 0 | 18 | 3 | 0 | — | - | — | — | |||||
| Brawn, tinned | 25 casks | 0 | 5 | 1 | 12 | — | — | - | — | — | ||||
| Beef, tinned | 1664 cases and 435 tins | 46 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 | Yes portion | Yes 50 cases | 13 | 1 | Destroyed at Council's depot, Manor Place. 50 cases, weighing 1 ton 12 cwt. 16 lbs. were seized by the inspector, taken before the Magistrate at Tower Bridge Police Court, and ordered to be destroyed. |
| Beef, salted | 232 casks, &c., and 958 pieces | 24 | 5 | 2 | 20 | - | - | - | — | 5 | ||||
| Butter | 52 boxes, 18 baskets, 6 casks | 1 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | - | Yes | 1 | 1 | This butter was seized by the inspector, and taken before the Magistrate at Tower Bridge Police Court. It was ordered to be treated with carbolic acid and released to be used in the process of soap making |
| Carried forward | 1834 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 1 12 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 73 | 35 | ||||