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Bermondsey 1916

Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1916

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There was some decrease in the number of specimens. This
laboratory is most convenient for the medical practitioners in the
Borough. In most of the London Boroughs this work is done by
an outside laboratory at a cost of £100 to £200 per annum, which
is saved in Bermondsey by the work being done by the Medical
Officer of Health.
SANITARY ADMINISTRATION.
UNSOUND FOOD.
The following were brought to the notice of the Department
found to be unfit for human food and destroyed as trade
refuse:—
Table D.

3
7
12
0
0
17
6
21
3
9
45
7
1
11
1
20
1
16
8
0
2
11
5
3
15
14
7
2
13
22
24
1
0
85
11
3
13
67

13¼
2
1
1
22
1
19
34
0
2
14
1
24
0
2
14

0
4
73
23
1
10
17
Lbs.
Qrs.
Cwts.
Tons.
Canned (surrendered)
Pickled
Canned
Fresh
VEGETABLES:
Dried (surrendered)
Peel in brine (surrendered)
Preserved and canned (surrendered)
Dried
Preserved and canned
Fresh
FRUIT:
Tinned fish (surrendered)
Pickled
FISH:
Canned meat (surrendered)
Sausage casings
Rabbits
Canned meat
Fresh, salted or refrigerated
MEAT:
B2

Table D.

MEAT:Tons.Cwts.Qrs.Lbs.
Fresh, salted or refrigerated1710123
Canned meat7340
Rabbits142024
Sausage casings11420
Canned meat (surrendered)3419122
FISH:
Pickled11213¼
Tinned fish (surrendered)
FRUIT:
Fresh6713311
Preserved and canned850124
Dried221327
Preserved and canned (surrendered)141535
Peel in brine (surrendered)1120
Dried (surrendered)816120
VEGETABLES:
Fresh11117
Canned459321
Pickled61700
Canned (surrendered)1273