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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 1918
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1918
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Milk Premises.
There were 305 milk premises on the Register at the end of
1917. Ten were added and 14 removed during 1918, making a
total of 301 at end of the year under report.
Slaughterhouses.
There is one slaughterhouse in the Borough. 16 inspections
were made. No notices were served.
Ice Cream Premises.
There were 95 premises where ice cream is manufacturd on
the Register at the end of 1917. Four were added and 2 removed
during the year under report, making a total of 97. 28 inspections
were made.
FOOD AND DRUGS.
In Table IX. of Appendix will be found a list of
the samples taken in 1918, and the action taken; 1,186 samples
were taken, compared with 1,070 in 1917, and 1,001 in 1916. Of
these 9.1 per cent, were found adulterated, compared with 13.2
per cent, in the previous year, and 11.1 per cent, in 1916.