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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

Battersea 1910

Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1910

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Table: The following is a tabulated return of unsound food inspected, condemned and destroyed under the supervision of the Council's Sanitary Inspectors during 1910, having been brought to the Health Department by the respective owners for the purpose:—

The following is a tabulated return of unsound food inspected, condemned and destroyed under the supervision of the Council's Sanitary Inspectors during 1910, having been brought to the Health Department by the respective owners for the purpose:—

Food.Quantity.Where Purchased.
Bananas2 cratesCovent Garden Market
Cherries83 lbs.Pudding Lane
Coalfish1 boxBillingsgate Market
Cod1 barrel„ „
„1 trunk„ „
Codling (mixed)1 „„ „
Dabs1 box„ „
„½ case„ „
Grapes1 boxSpitalfields „
„1 barrel„ „
Haddock1 trunkBillingsgate „
„1 „„ „
„1 „„ „
Halibut1 caseSt. Mary-at Hill
Herrings1 „Billingsgate Market
„1 barrelMonument Street
Kippers2 boxesBillingsgate Market
Lamb38½ lbs.Central Market
Mustard (German)11 glassesWhitechapel Road
Pears1 boxCovent Garden Market
Plaice1 trunkBillingsgate „
„1 „„ „
„1 box„ „
„2 boxes„ „
Skate6 stone„ „
Tomatoes ..3 boxesBorough „
„1 box„ „
„1 bundleCovent Garden
Whiting2 trunksBillingsgate „
„1 trunk„ „
„1 „„ „
„1 „„ „
Winklesabout 3 bushels„ „

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7 Certificates were also granted in respect of carcases and plucks
of pigs condemned at Brown's slaughter-house in Usk Road.
In relation to the above-mentioned articles of food, it is the
practice in cases where the retail vendor has unknowingly purchased