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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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UNSOUND FOOD AND FOREIGN MEAT REGULATIONS —continued.
Article.
Quantity Unsound.
Disposed of for other Purposes
than Human Food.
Destroyed.
Removed for Sorting under S.A.
Quantity.
Weight.
Quantity.
Weight.
Quantity.
Weight.
Apples and Pears
-
-
-
-
-
-
9
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Bananas
-
-
-
-
-
-
6
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Oranges
-
-
-
-
-
-
9
2
2
-
Cherries
-
-
-
-
-
42 half-sieves
-
8
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
Grapes
-
-
-
-
-
2 flats
-
2
2
-
-
-
-
-
-
Dates
-
117
14
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Passion Fruit
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
32 packages
-
16
-
-
Tomatoes
-
-
-
—
588 crates
21
12
3
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Figs
-
8 cases
1
6
2
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Cocoanuts
-
26
14
3
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Potatoes
-
-
5
1
8
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Peel
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
2
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Peel in brine
-
-
-
-
-
1
14
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Orange Peel
-
-
-
-
-
-
2
14
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Lemon peel in brine
-
-
-
-
-
3 half-pipes
1
5
2
-
-
-
-
-
-
100
-
-
-
Chinese Kernels
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Salted Gherkins
-
-
-
-
-
6 barrels
1
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Tea
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
13
-
-
Eggs
-
-
-
—
-
-
73
9
-
10
-
10
2
-
-
-
-
-
-
2 casks
Butter
-
-
2
2
-
-
-
-
-
-
Wheat
1977
-
-
3
-
-
-
-
-
—
-
-
-
-
-
Flour
589 bags
73
12
2
-
-
-
-
—
-
-
-
-
-
-
Oats
-
37
12
1
10
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Rye Flour
-
-
1
11
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Rice Meal
1,807 bags
140
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
UNSOUND FOOD AND FOREIGN MEAT REGULATIONS—continued.
| 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. | |||||||||||||
| Apples and Pears | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 9 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Bananas | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Oranges | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 9 | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Cherries | – | – | – | – | – | 42 half-sieves | – | 8 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Grapes | – | – | – | – | – | 2 flats | – | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Dates | – | 117 | 14 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 96 bags | 10 | – | – | – |
| Passion Fruit | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 32 packages | – | 16 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Tomatoes | – | – | – | – | — | 588 crates | 21 | 12 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Figs | – | – | – | – | – | 8 cases | 1 | 6 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Cocoanuts | – | 26 | 14 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Potatoes | – | – | 5 | 1 | 8 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Peel | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Peel in brine | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 14 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Orange Peel | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 14 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Lemon peel in brine | – | – | – | – | – | 3 half-pipes | 1 | 5 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Chinese Kernels | – | 100 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 100 | – | – | – |
| Salted Gherkins | – | – | – | – | – | 6 barrels | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Tea | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 13 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Eggs | – | – | – | — | – | – | 73 | 9 | – | 10 | – | 10 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Butter | – | – | – | – | – | 2 casks | – | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 299 tubs | 7 | 14 | – | – |
| Wheat | — | 1977 | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 289 | 4 | 3 | 23 |
| Flour | 589 bags | 73 | 12 | 2 | – | – | – | – | — | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Oats | – | 37 | 12 | 1 | 10 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Rye Flour | – | 1 | 11 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Rice Meal | 1,807 bags | 140 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |