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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 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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| 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 . | (6) Release . | |||||||||||
| T. | c. | Q. | L. | T. | c. | Q- | L. | |||||||
| Brought forward. | 3062 | 17 | 1 | 14 | 143 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 495 | 495 | ||||
| Pears | 50 cases 100 bags 7403 boxes 21 bundles 32 crates | 186 | 19 | 2 | 25 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 7 | Yes | - | 3 | 3 | 15 cwt. were destroyed at the Council's Depot; 2 tons 10 cwt. 7 lbs. were destroyed on premises where found, and 2 cwt. 2 qrs. were destroyed in a barge. |
| Peas | 670 bags | 32 | 5 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| Pineapple, tinned | 643 tins 100 cases. | 2 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 20 | Yes | - | - | - | Destroyed at the Council's Depot. | |
| Plums | 1926 crates 32 cases | 23 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 5 | Yes | 3 | 3 | 16 cwt. 2 qrs. were destroyed at the Council's Depot, and 1 ton 13 cwt. 1 qr. 5 lbs. were destroyed in a railway truck. | |
| Pork | 1 carcase | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | Yes | - | 1 | 1 | Released for technical purposes. | ||
| Potatoes | 50 barrels | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| Prunes | 2 bags 2 boxes | 4 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 20 | Yes | 1 | 1 | 3 cwt. 2 qrs. 20 lbs. were destroyed at the Council's Depot, and 2 qrs. were destroyed on premises where found. | |||
| Prunes, tinned | 21 cases | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | Yes | - | 1 | 1 | Destroyed at the Council's Depot. | ||
| Rabbits | 2073 crates | 27 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 16 | Yes | - | 4 | 4 | Released for technical purposes. |
| Raisins | 50 boxes | 1 | 1 | 1 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| Raspberry pulp, tinned | 200 cases 181 casks | 40 | 13 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | |||||
| Redcurrants | 50 crates 50 boats | 1 | 0 | 2 | 24 | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
| Rice | 1500 bags | 75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 2 | Yes | - | 1 | 1 | Destroyed at the Council's Depot. | |
| Salmon, tinned | 1517 cases 6307 tins | 28 | 18 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 24 | Yes | - | 1 | 1 | Do. do. |
| Sardines | 300 cases | 10 | 2 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
| Sausage Meat | 4 cases 1 box | 3 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 12 | Yes | - | 1 | 1 | Destroyed at the Council's Depot. | ||
| Soup, tinned | 10 cases | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | Yes | - | - | - | Do. do. | ||
| Strawberry pulp | 151 casks 50 cases | 31 | 9 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| Strawberries, tinned . . | 13 cases | 5 | 2 | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
| Sugar | 47 bags | 4 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | Yes | - | 1 | 1 | Released for technical purposes. |
| Sultanas | Cases and boxes .. | 15 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 16 | Yes | - | 2 | 1 | Destroyed at the Council's Depot; 3 tons 14 cwt. still under "Stop." | ||
| Sweets | 888 cases | 22 | 4 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | ||||||
| Tomatoes, tinned | 50 cases | 1 | 1 | 1 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| Tomato Paste | 373 cases | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 0 | Yes | - | 1 | - | 6 tons 15 cwt. destroyed at the Council's Depot; 12 tons 8 cwt. still under "Stop." |
| Tongues, Ox | 120 bags 307 cases | 23 | 13 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 5 | Yes | - | 2 | 2 | Released for technical purposes. |
| Tongues, Ox, tinned | 117 cases | 3 | 10 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 16 | Yes | 1 | 1 | 9 cwts. 2 qrs. 16 lbs. were released for technical purposes, and 1 cwt. was destroyed at the Council's Depot. | ||
| Tongues, Pork | 1 tierce 218 cases. . | 5 | 7 | 1 | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| Tongues, Sheeps' | 128 cases | 2 | 16 | 3 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| Tripe | 8 boxes | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
| Turkeys | 120 cases | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 23 | Yes | - | - | 1 | Released for technical purposes. |
| Veal | 5 hinds | 3 | 2 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
| Vegetables, canned | 10 packages | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
| Walnuts | 20 boxes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| Total | 3623 | 6 | 3 | 27 | 188 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 518 | 517 | ||||