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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 1910
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1910
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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:-
Bakehouses
81
Ice cream
144
Butchers
74
Milk-sellers
286
Fishmongers, friers and curers
76
Restaurants and eating houses
142
Food stores
374
Coffee stalls
15
Food wharves and depôts
99
1,425
Food factories
36
Fruiterers and greengrocers
98
Unsound Food Seizure.
The following prosecution took place during the year under report:—
March 2nd
Exposing for sale unsound
tomatoes.
Bound over in the sum of £5 to come up for
judgment if called upon within 12 months.
Bacteriological Laboratory.
The total num ber of specimens examined in 1910 was 708, compared with 596 in 1909, and
752 in 1908.
Results of Examination.
Total Examinations.
Nature of Specimen.
Positive.
Negative.
1909.
1910.
1909.
1910.
1909.
1910.
Diphtheria (specimens taken by Medical
Officer of Health)
215
260
4
7
211
Ditto (taken by general practitioners)
134
122
13
27
121
253
95
349
382
17
34
348
Diphtheria (total specimens taken)
332
Phthisis
229
239
61
46
168
193
Enteric
13
4
24
4
9
20
Various
5
63
...
5
63
...
82
84
624
514
Total specimens taken
596
708
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:-
| Bakehouses | 81 |
| Butchers | 74 |
| Fishmongers, friers and curers | 76 |
| Food stores | 374 |
| Food wharves and depôts | 99 |
| Food factories | 36 |
| Fruiterers and greengrocers | 98 |
| Ice cream | 144 |
| Milk-sellers | 286 |
| Restaurants and eating houses | 142 |
| Coffee stalls | 15 |
| 1,425 |
Bacteriological Laboratory. The total number of specimens examined in 1910 was 708, compared with 596 in 1909, and 752 in 1908.
| Nature of Specimen. | Total Examinations. | Results of Examination. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive. | Negative. | |||||
| 1909. | 1910. | 1909. | 1910. | 1909. | 1910. | |
| Diphtheria (specimens taken by Medical Officer of Health) | 215 | 260 | 4 | 7 | 211 | 253 |
| Ditto (taken by general practitioners) | 134 | 122 | 13 | 27 | 121 | 95 |
| Diphtheria (total specimens taken) | 349 | 382 | 17 | 34 | 332 | 348 |
| Phthisis | 229 | 239 | 61 | 46 | 168 | 193 |
| Enteric | 13 | 24 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 20 |
| Various | 5 | 63 | ... | ... | 5 | 63 |
| Total specimens taken | 596 | 708 | 82 | 84 | 514 | 624 |