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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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UNSOUND FOOD AND FOREIGN MEAT REGULATIONS. The following articles of food were dealt with under the above regulations during the period under report.
| Article. | Quantity Unsound. | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disposed of for other Purposes than Human Food. | Destroyed. | Removed for Sorting under S.A. | Exported. | |||||||||||||||||
| Quantity. | Weight. | Quantity. | Weight. | Quantity. | Weight. | Quantity. | Weight. | |||||||||||||
| Tons. | cwt. | qr. | lbs. | Tons. | cwt. | qrs. | lbs. | Tons. | cwt. | qrs. | lbs. | Tons. | cwt. | qrs. | lbs. | |||||
| Frozen Beef | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 19 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| „ Veal | 81 carcases | 2 | 6 | 2 | 23 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| „ Hog Carcase | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 carcase | – | 1 | 1 | – |
| „ Beef Tongues | – | – | – | – | – | 3,202 tongues | 2 | 8 | – | 0½ | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| „ Beef Kidney | – | -- | – | – | – | 1 kidney | – | – | – | 2¼ | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| „ Sheep's Kidney | – | – | – | – | – | 1 kidney | – | – | – | 0¼ | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| „ Poultry | 492 boxes | 6 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Pork | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Pickled Beef Tongues | – | – | – | – | – | 110 tongues | – | 1 | 3 | 6½ | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Salted Hog Tongues | – | – | – | – | – | 152 tongues | – | 1 | 3 | 21 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| „ Sausage Casings | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 24 | 1 cask | – | 6 | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Bacon | – | – | – | – | – | 42 sides and 80 pieces | 1 | 1 | 3 | 16 | – | – | – | – | – | 147 cases | 3 | 13 | 2 | – |
| Pickled Salmon | 14 casks | 3 | 4 | – | – | – | – | 3 | 21 | – | – | – | – | – | ||||||
| Tinned Meat | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7 | 12 | 3 | 21 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| „ Fish | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12 | 11 | 1 | 13¼ | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| „ Fruit | – | – | – | – | – | – | 92 | 7 | 1 | 15½ | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | 1 | 24 |
| „ Vegetables | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | 14½ | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| „ Goods (Various) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 13 | 3 | 17¼ | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Apples | – | – | – | – | – | 89½ barrels and 5 pkgs. | 5 | 4 | 1 | 23 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Apricots | – | – | – | – | – | 125 pkgs. | – | 16 | 2 | 27 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Bananas | – | – | – | – | – | 26 crates | – | 18 | 3 | 18 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Currants | – | – | – | – | – | 7 boxes | – | 17 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Fruit | – | – | – | – | – | 10 cases | – | 4 | 2 | 14 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |