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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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UNSOUND FOOD AND FOREIGN MEAT REGULATIONS.
The following articles of food were dealt with under the above regulations during the period under report.
Quantity Unsound.
Disposed of for other Purposes
than Human Food.
Article.
Destroyed.
Removed for Sorting under S.A.
Weight.
Quantity.
Weight.
Quantity.
Weight
Quantity.
Tons.
cwt.
lbs.
Tons.
cwt.
qr.
lbs.
Tons.
cwt.
qr.
lbs
qr.
Meat
2
9
13
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Beef
-
-
16
9
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Tripe
1890 boxes
41
9
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Shoulders
1 box
2
3
5
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Hearts
3 casks
8
3
6
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
25
Bacon
-
39
3
1
24
-
-
-
-
-
-
182
13
Ham
-
1
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
Pork
10 barrels
1
17
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Tongues in Brine
1 cask
-
2
2
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1 van load,
5118 cases
6920 tins
Tinned Meat
180
5
3
15
11
19
1
26
-
-
-
-
-
-
22
„ Fish
-
-
1 van, 12 boxes
15 cs. & 177 tins
7
13
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
„ Fruit
-
-
-
-
-
9
-
23
-
-
-
-
-
-
82
1
3
2
„ Vegetables
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
7150 cs.
153
4
1
4
„ Milk
10882 cases
43 tins
235
19
3
27
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
„ Goods (various)
1302 tins
-
18
3
-
2 vans
28787 tins
50
12
3
1
-
-
-
-
-
7
2
7
91 boxes
2
2
15
529 packages
5
18
1
7
Fruit (dried)
35 cases
-
9
1
6
-
Apples
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
8381 cases
143
Oranges and Lemons
2047 cases
91
7
2
20
-
1
9
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
60
2
-
20
Onions
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
238 bushels
1
Cucumbers
-
-
-
-
-
2
9
-
-
-
-
-
-
Cauliflowers
4 casks
16
2
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
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. | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. | |||||
| Meat | – | 2 | 9 | – | 13 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Beef | – | – | 16 | – | 9 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Tripe | 1890 boxes | 41 | 9 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Shoulders | 1 box | – | 2 | 3 | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Hearts | – | – | – | – | – | 3 casks | – | 8 | 3 | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Bacon | – | 39 | 3 | 1 | 24 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 182 | 13 | 1 | 25 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Ham | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Pork | 10 barrels | 1 | 17 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Tongues in Brine | – | – | – | – | – | 1 cask | – | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Tinned Meat | 1 van load, 5118 cases 6920 tins | 180 | 5 | 3 | 15 | – | 11 | 19 | 1 | 26 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| „ Fish | – | – | – | – | – | 1 van, 12 boxes 15 cs. & 177 tins | 7 | 13 | – | 22 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| „ Fruit | – | – | – | – | – | – | 9 | – | 1 | 23 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| „ Vegetables | – | – | – | – | – | – | 82 | 1 | 3 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| „ Milk | 10882 cases 43 tins | 235 | 19 | 3 | 27 | – | – | – | – | – | 7150 cs. | 153 | 4 | 1 | 4 | – | – | – | – | – |
| – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||||||||
| „ Goods (various) | 1302 tins | – | 18 | 3 | – | 2 vans 28787 tins | 50 | 12 | 3 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Fruit (dried) | 35 cases | – | 7 | 2 | 7 | 91 boxes | 2 | 9 | 2 | 15 | 529 packages | 5 | 18 | 1 | 7 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Apples | – | 1 | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Oranges and Lemons | 2047 cases | 91 | 7 | 2 | 20 | 8381 cases | 143 | – | 1 | 9 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Onions | – | – | – | – | – | – | 60 | 2 | – | 20 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Cucumbers | – | – | – | – | – | 238 bushels | 2 | 9 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Cauliflowers | – | – | – | – | – | 4 casks | – | 16 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |