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Southwark 1922
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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Table showing the total quantity of Foodstuffs examined at the wharves during the year 1922, 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. | |||||||
| Apricots, tinned | 1212 cases | 31 | 18 | 1 | 22 | _ | 10 | 2 | 24 | Yes | — | 1 | 1 | Destroyed at Council's Depot. |
| Asparagus, tinned | 344 cases | 7 | 4 | 8 | - | 12 | 0 | 0 | Yes | — | 2 | 1 | Destroyed at Council's Depot. | |
| Apricots, dried | 50 boxes | - | 12 | 2 | 0 | - | - | — | — | |||||
| Apples, tinned | 353 cases | 6 | 10 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 12 | Yes | — | 1 | 1 | Destroyed on barge where found. | |
| Apples | 1550 cases | 27 | 11 | 0 | 8 | 15 | 19 | 1 | 4 | Yes | — | 1 | 1 | Destroyed at Council's Depot. |
| Beef | 20,950 quarters, 1518 flanks, 1248 bags, 582 cases, 268 clods, 40 crates, 140 pieces | 1396 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 119 | 0 | 3 | 2 | Yes | - | 16 | 15 | 118 tons 15 cwts. 3 qr. 1 lb. were released to various firms for soap boiling and 5 cwts. 1 lb. were destroyed at the Council's Depot. • |
| Beans, tinned | 105 cases | 2 | 5 | 2 | 24 | — | — | — | - | - | ||||
| Boiled Beef, tinned | 185 cases | 5 | 11 | 0 | 4 | — | — | — | - | - | ||||
| Butter | 30 boxes, 6 cases | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | — | — | 1 | 1 | Released to Messrs. Lovell & Christmas for cleansing. | ||||
| Bacon | 1314 bales, 274 boxes, 22 pieces, 1 parcel | 190 | 5 | 3 | 2 | o O | 11 | 2 | 9 | Yes | - | 4 | 3 tons 8 cwt. 9 lbs. were released to various firms for soap boiling, 3 cwts. 2 qrs. were destroyed at the Council's Depot. | |
| Beef, salted | 25 barrels 86 pieces, 150 flanks, 533 casks | 55 | 10 | 2 | 20 | — | - | — | - | - | ||||
| Beef, tinned | ||||||||||||||
| 3,046 cases, 2,595 tins | 90 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 10 | 16 | Yes | - | 34 | 12 | 5 tons 19 cwt. 2 qrs. 24 lbs. were released to various firms for pig feeding, 9 tons 11 cwt. 20 lbs. were destroyed at the Council's Depot. | ||
| Casings, hog | 25 barrels, 45 kegs, 50 cases, 96 tierces, 320 casks | 88 | 0 | 0 | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
| Cherries, tinned | 222 cases | 5 | 18 | 3 | 20 | — | - | — | - | - | ||||
| Condensed milk | 11,516 cases, 658 tins, 2 casks, 1 barrel | 205 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 93 | 11 | 0 | S | Yes | - | 65 | 44 | 81 tons 11 cwts. 2 qrs. 8 lbs. were released to various firms for pig feeding, 11 tons 19 cwts. 2 qrs. were destroyed at the Council's Depot. |
| Chocolates | 1887 eases | 84 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | — | — | 1 | — | 50 tons still under "stop." | |||
| Cream | 14 tins | - | 1 | 1 | 20 | - | — | — | — | — | - | |||
| Currants, dried | 220 boxes | 4 | 6 | 0 | 18 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| Cheese | 366 crates, 23 boxes, 3 cheeses | 27 | 18 | 2 | 22 | - | 5 | 0 | 22 | Yes | — | 5 | 3 | Destroyed at Council's Depot. |
| Casings, sheep | 262 casks, 1 case, | 50 | 10 | 3 | 0 | - | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Casings, ox | l keg 237 casks, 25 bundles | 47 | 4 | 0 | 14 | - | 12 | 1 | 6 | Yes | - | 4 | 3 | Destroyed at Council's Depot. |
| Ducks | 114 cases | 2 | 19 | 2 | 24 | - | — | — | - | |||||
| Carried forward | 2331 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 251 | 16 | 2 | 19 | 135 | 85 | ||||