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Greenwich 1918

The annual report made to the Council of the Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich for the year 1918

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SUMMARY OF SANITARY WORK—continued.

First Quarter.Second Quarter.Third Quarter.Fourth Quarter.Total.
Unwholesome Food.
Voluntarily surrendered56 lbs. jelly cuttings.12 lbs. corned beef.2916 6-lb. tins, corned beef7½ doz. tins condensed milk.56 lbs. jelly cuttings.
245 salted herrings.
245 salted herrings.36 lbs. canned beef.1 oxtripe, melt and liver.10 lbs. beef.32 bags figs.
32 bags figs.6 lbs. tinned sausage.40 boxes kippered mack'rel.1 ox liver, heart, ox tongue and skirt8 st. frozen skate.
8 st. frozen skate.5½ lbs. bacon.39 st. beef.15 lbs. beef.28 14lb. baskets figs.
2 ox livers.
28 14-lb. baskets7 lbs. tinned milk.6 lb. corned beef.317 tins vegetable rations.14 14-lb. boxes dried peaches.
14 14-lb. boxes dried peaches1 ox tripe.14 st. fish.27 tins pork and beans.3½ bushels winkles.
1 liver.80¼ bags currants.
3½ bushels winkles.90 tons rice.2 boxes, kippers.17 6-lb. tins corned beef.342 cases ditto.
342 cases currants.2 calves heads.2 lbs. bacon.6 2-lb. tins ditto18 lbs. corned beef.
80¼ bags currants.½ ox head.312½cwt. damaged wheat unfit for human food, and used for dog biscuits.179 12oz. tins ditto36 lbs. canned beef.
120 lbs. rice.6 lbs. tinned sausages.
4 lbs. beef.1 goose. ¾ cwt. fruit salad.7½ lbs. bacon.
136 lbs. beef.7 lbs. tinned milk. 2
85 lbs. offal.ox tripe, 5 ox livers.
56 lbs. mack'rel.1 ox tongue, heart,
172 lbs. pilchardsmelt and skirt.