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Southwark 1920
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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TABLE 41.
Table showing the total quantity of Foodstuffs examined at the wharves during the year 1920, 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. | |||||||
| Apples, tinned | 676 cases | 15 | 12 | 2 | 16 | 5 | 17 | 2 | 0 | Yes | - | 3 | - | 4 tons 6 cwt. 3 qrs. 4 lbs. were destroyed on barge. 1 ton 10 cwt. 2 qrs. 24 lbs. were destroyed at Council's Depot. |
| Apples | 2 crates | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Yes | - | 2 | - | Destroyed at Council's Depot. |
| Apricots, tinned | 847 cases | 22 | 14 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 16 | Yes | - | 2 | - | Destroyed at Council's Depot. |
| Apricot pulp | 1263 cases | 34 | 17 | 5 | 16 | 3 | 16 | 1 | 20 | Yes | - | 4 | 1 | 2 tons 7 cwt 1 qr. 20 lbs. were destroyed at Council's Depot. 1 ton 9 cwt. were destroyed on premises where found. |
| Assorted Fruit | 80 cases | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | Yes | - | 1 | - | Destroyed on premises where found. |
| Apple pulp | 199 cases | 7 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 0 | Yes | - | 1 | - | Destroyed at Council's Depot. |
| Apricots, dried | 50 boxes | 0 | 12 | 2 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| Beef, tinned | 1408 tins, 18,794 cases | 337 | 16 | 0 | 20 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 22 | a part | - | 23 | 2 | 12 tons 14 cwt. 3 qrs. 16 lbs. were destroyed at Council's Depot, 3 cwt. 3 qrs. 12 lbs. were destroyed on premises where found. 1 ton 1 cwt. 24 lbs. were released to H. Morgan, Bladock's Farm, Theydon Bois, for pig feeding. 2 tons 14 cwt. were released to B. Waddington, Marsh Gate Lane, Stratford, for soap boiling, and 8 cwt. 2 qrs. 8 lbs. were released to F. Brown, Walthamstow, for manure. |
| Bacon | 819 boxes, 309 sides, 44 bales, 15 pieces | 201 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 15 | No | - | 13 | 8 | 7 tons 10 cwt. were released for export to Germany. 7 tons 15 cwt. 3 qrs. 15 lbs. were released to the following firms for soap boiling: -F. Brown, Walthamstow, 3 tons 1 cwt. 2 qrs. 20 lbs.; B. Waddington, Stratford, 2 tons 15 cwt; J. Knight, Silvertown, 1 ton 14 cwt. 23 lbs.; E. Cook, Bow, 5 cwt. |
| Beef | 797 quarters, 57 pieces, 30 fores, 143 bags, 50 crops | 66 | 10 | 3 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 14 | Yes | - | 1 | - | Released to F. W. Brown, Walthamstow for manure |
| Beef, salted Beans, tinned | 280 casks, 18 cases, 50 tierces 110 cases | 31 2 | 5 5 | 1 0 | 12 0 | - | ||||||||
| Beef Paste, tinned | 38 cases | 0 | 12 | 0 | 24 | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
| Beef Suet ... | 1200 bags | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | No | - | 1 | - | Released to G. W. Potts, Smithfield, for fat melting |
| Condensed Milk | 22,722 cases, 61 casks, 160 tins | 442 | 14 | . 1 | 4 | 239 | 4 | 3 | 8 | a part | - | 117 | 88 | 234 tons 12 cwt. 3 qrs. were released to various firms for pig feeding, and 4 tons 12 cwt. 8 lbs. were destroyed at the Council's Depot. |
| Carried forward | 1196 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 327 | 17 | 0 | 23 | 168 | 99 | ||||