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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
Southwark 1916
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1916
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EXAMINATION OF FOOD.
TABLE 49.
Showing the quantity of Foodstuffs examined during the year 1916 by the several Inspectors throughout the Borough (The amount shown in
this table is in addition to the total shown in Table 50.)
| Foodstuffs Examined. | Quantity and Weight found Unsound. | Surrendered by Owners. | Seized by Inspector. | Remarks. | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foodstuffs. | Quantity. | Weight. | Quantity. | Weight. | Quantity. | Weight. | Quantity. | Weight. | |||||||||||||
| T. | c. | Q. | L. | T. | c. | Q. | L. | T. | c. | Q. | L. | T. | c. | Q. | L. | The owner of the 2 boxes was proceeded against at Lambeth Police Court. He was fined £5 and 21s. costs. Destroyed on premises where found. | |||||
| Apples | Bags, boxes. &c. | 11 | 16 | 2 | 22 | 145 bags,9 barrels, 2 boxes, 5 bushels | 7 | 16 | 1 | 8 | 145 bags, 9 barrels 5 bushels | 7 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 2 boxes | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| Apples, tinned | 18 tins | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 5 tins | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 tins | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | - | _ | ||||
| Apples, dried | 40 boxes | 0 | 14 | 3 | 16 | ||||||||||||||||
| Apricots, dried | 40 boxes | 0 | 10 | 1 | 16 | ||||||||||||||||
| Apricots, tinned | 27 cases | 0 | 10 | 3 | 16 | ||||||||||||||||
| Arrowroot | 25 tins | 0 | 2 | 0 | 26 | ||||||||||||||||
| Beef | Carcases, quarters joints and pieces | 26 | 11 | 1 | 9 | 2 pieces | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 pieces | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 piece | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Destroyed at Council's Depot. No proceed-were taken at the Police Court. |
| Beef, salted | 325 pieces, 30 briskets, 1 cask | 0 | 16 | 2 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Bacon | Boxes, bales, sides and pieces | 82 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 82 pieces, 49 fore ends, 45 sides, 4 boxes, 30 backs, 4 gammons | 2 | 19 | 1 | 16 | 66 pieces | 0 | 4 | 0 | 25 | 16 sides | 0 | 12 | 2 | 14 | The owner of the 16 sides was proceeded against at the Police Court. He was fined £10 and 21s. costs. 66 pieces (weighing 4 cwt. 251bs) were destroyed on premises where found. The remainder (12 tons 2 cwt. 1 qr. 23 lbs.) were treated with carbolic acid and released to various firms to be used in the process of soap boiling. |
| Black Currants | 4" bags, 33 baskets | 0 | 18 | 1 | 16 | ||||||||||||||||
| Beef Extract | 407 cases, 1595 tins | 19 | 15 | 3 | 12 | ||||||||||||||||
| Barley, Pearl | 46 quarters, 56 bags, 10 cases | 8 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 46 quarters, 56 bags | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | ... | Released to be used for poultry food. | ||||||
| Carried forward | 152 | 12 | 0 | 14 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | ||||||