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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 1912
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1912
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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
Quantity Unsound.
Disposed of for other Purposes than
Human Food.
Destroyed.
Article.
Removed for Sorting under S.A.
Exported.
Quantity.
Weight.
Weight.
Quantity.
Weight.
Quantity.
Weight.
Quantity.
T1 -r* i»
Tons.
lbs.
cwts
qrs.
Tons.
cwts.
lbs.
Tons.
cwts.
lbs.
Tons.
cwts.
lbs.
Frozen Beef
qrs.
qrs.
qrs.
-
-
348 hindquarters
-
-
-
-
-
„ Beef Cuttings
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
3
20
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
„ Tongues
-
-
-
-
1 case, 14 tongues
-
2
3
26½
-
-
-
-
-
-
„ Ox Tongues
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
6 tongues
-
-
23
-
-
-
-
-
„ Hog Tongues
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1 tongue
-
-
3
-
„ Kidneys
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1 box
1
2
0
-
-
-
Ox Livers
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
-
8
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Geese
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
2
Turkeys
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
17
1
1
13
-
-
-
-
Salted Meat
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1 cask
1
-
-
-
„ Mess Pork
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
23
-
-
1 cask
-
1
3
4
Bacon
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
20 sides, 1 gammon
9
2
7½
Hams and Picnics
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
45 cases
-
12
7
2
-
-
-
-
-
Tinned Beef
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
15 cases, 314 tins
1
6
1
8½
-
-
-
-
-
-
„ Bisket of Beef
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1 tin
-
2
-
-
-
„ Corned Beef
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
263 tins
-
-
-
14
11
1
„ Corned Beef Hash
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1 tin
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
„ Ham Kenour
1 tin
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
¼
-
-
-
„ Lunch Tongue
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
6 tins
26
-
-
-
„ Meat
-
3591½ cases, 512 tins
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
13
9
1
21
-
-
„ Meat Extract
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1 tin
-
-
-
-
6
„ Meat Loaf
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
2 tins
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
2
„ Mutton
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
5 tins
12½
-
-
-
-
„ Ox Tongues
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1 tin
5
-
-
-
„ Pigs Head Gelatine
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
2 cases, 22 tins
2
12
„ Potted Tongue
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
2 tins
-
-
-
-
-
½
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
„ Rabbits
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
4
-
31 tins
2
-
-
-
-
„ Roast Beef
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1 tin
2
-
„ Roast Mutton
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
2 tins
-
-
4
-
-
„ Sausage
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
2 tins
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
„ Tongues
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
100 tins
2
2
5½
-
-
-
-
-
-
„ Tripe
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
94 tins
1
1
19
-
-
-
„ Anchovies
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
7 cases, 4 tins
-
-
9
2
0
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
„ Crab
-
-
-
-
146 tins
1
12
-
-
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
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. | cwts | qrs. | lbs. | Tons. | cwts. | qrs. | lbs. | Tons. | cwts. | qrs. | lbs. | Tons. | cwts. | qrs. | lbs. | |||||
| Frozen Beef | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 348 hindquarters | – | – | – | – |
| „ Beef Cuttings | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 20 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| „ Tongues | – | – | – | – | – | 1 case, 14 tongues | – | 2 | 3 | 26½ | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| „ Ox Tongues | – | – | – | – | – | 6 tongues | – | – | – | 23 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| „ Hog Tongues | – | – | – | – | – | 1 tongue | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| „ Kidneys | – | – | – | – | – | 1 box | – | 1 | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Ox Livers | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 8 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Geese | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Turkeys | – | – | – | – | – | 17 | – | 1 | 1 | 13 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Salted Meat | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 cask | – | 1 | – | – |
| „ Mess Pork | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 cask | – | 1 | 3 | 4 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Bacon | – | – | – | – | – | 20 sides, 1 gammon | – | 9 | 2 | 7½ | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Hams and Picnics | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 45 cases | 12 | 7 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Tinned Beef | – | – | – | – | – | 15 cases, 314 tins | 1 | 6 | 1 | 8½ | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| „ Bisket of Beef | – | – | – | – | – | 1 tin | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| „ Corned Beef | – | – | – | – | – | 263 tins | – | 11 | 1 | 14 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| „ Corned Beef Hash | – | – | – | – | – | 1 tin | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| „ Ham Kenour | – | – | – | – | – | 1 tin | – | – | – | ¼ | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| „ Lunch Tongue | – | – | – | – | – | 6 tins | – | – | – | 26 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| „ Meat | – | – | – | – | – | 3591½ cases, 512 tins | 13 | 9 | 1 | 21 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| „ Meat Extract | – | – | – | – | – | 1 tin | – | – | – | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| „ Meat Loaf | – | – | – | – | – | 2 tins | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| „ Mutton | – | – | – | – | – | 5 tins | – | – | – | 12½ | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| „ Ox Tongues | – | – | – | – | – | 1 tin | – | – | – | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| „ Pigs Head Gelatine | – | – | – | – | – | 2 cases, 22 tins | – | – | 2 | 12 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| „ Potted Tongue | – | – | – | – | – | 2 tins | – | – | – | ½ | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| „ Rabbits | – | – | – | – | – | 31 tins | – | – | 2 | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| „ Roast Beef | – | – | – | – | 1 tin | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| „ Roast Mutton | – | – | – | – | – | 2 tins | – | – | – | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| „ Sausage | – | – | – | – | – | 2 tins | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| „ Tongues | – | – | – | – | – | 100 tins | – | 2 | 2 | 5½ | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| „ Tripe | – | – | – | – | – | 94 tins | – | 1 | 1 | 19 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| „ Anchovies | – | – | – | – | – | 7 cases, 4 tins | – | 9 | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| „ Crab | – | – | – | – | – | 146 tins | – | 1 | 1 | 12 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |