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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 1914
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1914
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SANITARY ADMINISTRATION.
Unsound Food.
The following articles were brought to the notice of the Departmet
found to be unfit for human food and destroyed as trade
refuse: —
Tons
Cwts.
Qrs.
Lbs.
Apples
4
1
17
1
Apple Pulp
—
1
2
0
Apple Waste
8½
9
2
1
Apricots
2
14
—
—
Apricot Pulp
1
5
1
0
Apricots (tinned)
1
17
—
—
Asparagus (bottled)
1
-
-
-
Bacon
6
0
12
-
Bananas
4
1
7
—
Beans (tinned)
2
—
—
—
Blackcurrants
3
1
1
0
Bloaters
—
7
—
-
Brawn (in glass)
4
—
—
-
Broth (tinned)
1
—
—
—
Beef (tinned)
4
—
—
—
Cat Fish
2
14
—
—
Cherries
1
17
0
14
Damsons
5
0
10
—
Eggs
130
10
0
12
Fish (tinned)
2
12
0
25
Fruit
5
0
0
-
Fruit Pulp
1
0
0
—
6
7
Fruit (tinned)
2
2
Gooseberries
2
2 7
-
—
Gooseberry Pulp
—
7
3
0
Grapes
-
-
2
0
Haddocks
—
-
3
0
Haddock (tinned)
—
-
-
1
Haricots (bottle)
—
-
-
1
Haricots (tinned)
1
—
—
-
Herring (salted)
-
1
1
21
Herrings, fresh (tinned)
21
—
—
-
Herrings (in glass)
5½
-
-
-
Unsound Food. The following articles were brought to the notice of the Departmet found to be unfit for human food and destroyed as trade refuse:—
| Tons | Cwts. | Qrs. | Lbs. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apples | 1 | 4 | 1 | 17 |
| Apple Pulp | — | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Apple Waste | 1 | 9 | 2 | 8½ |
| Apricots | — | — | 2 | 14 |
| Apricot Pulp | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| Apricots (tinned) | — | — | 1 | 17 |
| Asparagus (bottled) | – | – | – | 1 |
| Bacon | – | 6 | 0 | 12 |
| Bananas | — | 4 | 1 | 7 |
| Beans (tinned) | — | — | — | 2 |
| Blackcurrants | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Bloaters | — | — | – | 7 |
| Brawn (in glass) | — | — | – | 4 |
| Broth (tinned) | — | — | — | 1 |
| Beef (tinned) | — | — | — | 4 |
| Cat Fish | — | — | 2 | 14 |
| Cherries | 1 | 17 | 0 | 14 |
| Damsons | — | 5 | 0 | 10 |
| Eggs | 130 | 10 | 0 | 12 |
| Fish (tinned) | 2 | 12 | 0 | 25 |
| Fruit | – | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Fruit Pulp | — | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Fruit (tinned) | 6 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| Gooseberries | — | – | 2 | 27 |
| Gooseberry Pulp | — | 7 | 3 | 0 |
| Grapes | – | – | 2 | 0 |
| Haddocks | — | – | 3 | 0 |
| Haddock (tinned) | — | – | – | 1 |
| Haricots (bottle) | — | – | – | 1 |
| Haricots (tinned) | — | — | – | 1 |
| Herring (salted) | – | 1 | 1 | 21 |
| Herrings, fresh (tinned) | — | — | – | 21 |
| Herrings (in glass) | – | – | – | 5½ |