Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1915
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TABLE P. 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. | |||||||||||||||||||
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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. | cwt. | qr. | lbs. | Tons. | cwt. | qr. | lbs. | Tons. | cwt. | qr. | lbs. | Tons. | cwt. | qr. | lbs. | |||||
Apples and Pears | – | – | – | – | – | – | 19 | 17 | 2 | 20 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Bananas | – | – | – | – | – | 50 crates | 26 | 0 | 1 | 7 | – | 52 | 12 | 2 | 12 | – | – | |||
Bacon | 1 Box | 6 | 16 | 3 | 12 | 4 flitches 9 sides | 12 | 7 | 1 | 10 | – | 52 | 12 | 2 | 12 | – | – | – | – | – |
Beef, Frozen | – | – | – | – | – | – | 19 | 16 | 2 | 6 | – | 43 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Biscuits | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Brawn | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 17 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Bung Skins | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 20 casks | 8 | 10 | – | – |
Butter | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6 | 1 | 3½ | 378 boxes | 9 | 9 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Cereals | – | 589 | 8 | – | – | – | 39 | 4 | – | 22 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Cheese | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 12 | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | 4 | – | 9 | – | – | – | – | – |
Cocoa | – | 3 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 74 bags | 3 | 14 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Condensed Milk | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 14 | 0 | 1 | – | 31 | 2 | 2 | 14 | – | – | – | – | – |
Concentrated Milk | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 17 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Cocoa Nuts | 131 bags | 14 | 15 | 3 | – | 21 bags | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Cauliflowers | – | – | – | – | – | 2 packages | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Eggs | – | 3 | 11 | 3 | – | – | 550 | 17 | 3 | 10 | 2177 cases | 34 | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Fish | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 12 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Fruit Pulp | – | – | – | – | – | – | 11 | 3 | 1 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Garlic | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 17 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Grapes | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 0 | 12 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Hams | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 25 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Lemons | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Lettuces | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 10 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Maize | – | – | – | – | — | – | 17 | 10 | – | – | – | – | – | I | I |