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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 1916
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1916
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UNSOUND FOOD AND FOREIGN MEAT REGULATIONS—continued.
Quantity Unsound.
Article.
Disposed of for other Purposes
than Human Food.
Destroyed.
Removed for Sorting under S.A.
Quantity.
Quantity.
Weight.
Quantity.
Weight.
Weight.
Tons.
cwt.
qr.
lbs.
qr.
lbs.
cwt.
qr.
lbs.
Tons.
cwt.
Tons.
Margarine
95 cases
1
3
3
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Meat Offal
2 bags
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Onions
-
3
1
7
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Oranges
229 cases
7
3
110 cases
-
-
-
-
-
21
-
23
4
-
-
Ox Tongues
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Plums
1
10
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
2
Pineapple
-
-
6
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Papain
1
2
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
17
Peel in brine
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Potatoes
9
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
15
2
Poultry
-
-
-
4
8
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Rabbits
14
2
0
24
86
18
2
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Sardines
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
15
17
2
6
Sausage Casings
2
1
2
7
16
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Tinned Goods, Fruits
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
85
-
24
-
109
12
1
-
Fish
20
5
1
17
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
„ Meat
22
2
73
-¾
-
18
14½
-
4
-
-
60
-
-
2
9
„ Vegetables
2
12
45
3
21
15
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
„ Various
73
15
3
11½
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Tea
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Tomatoes
38 crates
19
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
17
Vegetables, Pickled
-
2 casks
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Vegetole
1
2
8
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
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. | |||||||||||||
| Tons. | cwt. | qr. | lbs. | Tons. | cwt. | qr. | lbs. | Tons. | cwt. | qr. | lbs. | Tons. | cwt. | qr. | lbs. | |||||
| Margarine | 95 cases | 1 | 3 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Meat Offal | – | – | – | – | – | 2 bags | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Onions | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 1 | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Oranges | – | – | – | – | – | 229 cases | 21 | 7 | 3 | – | 110 cases | 23 | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Ox Tongues | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Plums | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 10 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Pineapple | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Papain | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Peel in brine | – | – | – | – | – | – | 17 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Potatoes | – | – | – | – | – | – | 9 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Poultry | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | 15 | 2 | 8 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Rabbits | – | – | – | – | – | – | 14 | 2 | 0 | 24 | – | 86 | 18 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Sardines | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 15 | 17 | 2 | 6 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Sausage Casings | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | 2 | – | – | 7 | 16 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Tinned Goods, Fruits | – | – | – | – | – | – | 85 | – | 1 | 24 | – | 109 | 12 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Fish | – | – | – | – | – | – | 20 | 5 | 1 | 17 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| „ Meat | – | 22 | 18 | 2 | 14½ | – | 73 | 4 | – | -¾ | – | 60 | – | – | 2 | – | 22 | 14 | 2 | 14 |
| „ Vegetables | – | 2 | 12 | – | – | – | 45 | 9 | 3 | 21 | – | – | 15 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| „ Various | – | – | – | – | – | – | 73 | 15 | 3 | 11½ | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Tea | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 154 | 13 | – | – |
| Tomatoes | – | – | – | – | – | 38 crates | – | 19 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Vegetables, Pickled | – | – | – | – | – | 2 casks | – | 17 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Vegetole | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | 8 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |