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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

Bermondsey 1913

Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1913

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Table: Register of Places where Food is Prepared for Sale. The following table gives the number and kind of the various places where food is prepared or stored:—

Register of Places where Food is Prepared for Sale. The following table gives the number and kind of the various places where food is prepared or stored:—

Bakehouses84
Butchers77
Fishmongers, friers and curers75
Food stores567
Food wharves and depots99
Food factories24
Fruiterers and greengrocers103
Ice cream114
Milk-sellers254
Restaurants and eating houses146
Coffee stalls12
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Unsound Food Seizures.
The following prosecutions took place during the year under
report:-
January 1st —
Exposing 1¼ and 7¾lbs. of bullock's
liver for sale Fined £2, Costs £1 8s.
January 22nd —
Depositing 50 half sheep's heads for
sale Fined £10, Costs £5 5s.
*February 19th —
Exposing 75 lbs. walnuts for sale Fined £1, Costs 5s.
†December 17th —
Depositing 41 and exposing 38 mackerel
for sale Fined £3 or 1 month
imprisonment, costs 4s.
*Defendant paid 12s. 6d. and served 7 days imprisonment.
†Defendant went to prison.