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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 1920
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1920
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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.
Article.
Quantity Unsound.
Removed for Sorting under S.A.
Exported.
Destroyed.
Disposed of for other Purposes
than Human Food.
Quantity
Weight
Weight.
Quantity.
Quantity.
Weight.
Quantity.
Apples
47 barrels
and 2 loads
Tons.
Cwt.
qr.
lbs.
Tons.
cwt.
qr.
lbs.
Tons.
cwt.
qr.
lbs.
Tons.
3
16
21
65 packages
3
1
3
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
25 boxes
8
1
-
Apples and Pears
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
6 boxes
2
2
25
-
-
Apricots
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
10
-
Barley
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
7 crates
5
1
-
-
Bananas
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
2196 boxes,
20 barrels,
14 hams, 2
gammon
-
8
Bacon and Hams
627
6
9½
187 boxes,
135 barrels
129
14
3
1,687 boxes
484
-
-
-
-
-
-
Beans, Butter
-
2
10
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
16 bags
16
Cabbages
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Cauliflower in brine
163 casks
29
15
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
13
12
8½
Cheese
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Cucumbers
-
4 loads
5
14
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
6¼ cases
Currants
-
-
-
-
-
2
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Dates
-
7
14
-
17
6
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Desiccated Cocoanut.
-
-
-
-
-
1 case
-
1
-
18
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Eggs
5
18
3
241
17
3
22
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Egg Yolk
-
-
9
2
25
—
811 casks
*963 casks
183
198
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
264 bundles
8
Figs
3
12
1
8
-
24 bundles
1
2
1
-
-
-
-
-
Flour
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Fruit
-
12 bundles
12
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Gherkens
37 boxes
5
-
-
-
-
-
13
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Honey
2
4
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
In accordance with declaration.
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. | ||||
| Apples | 47 barrels and 2 loads | 3 | 16 | – | 21 | 65 packages | 3 | 1 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Apples and Pears | – | – | – | – | – | 25 boxes | – | 8 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Apricots | – | – | – | – | – | 6 boxes | – | 2 | 2 | 25 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Barley | – | 1 | 10 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Bananas | – | – | – | – | – | 7 crates | – | 5 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Bacon and Hams | 2196 boxes, 20 barrels, 14 hams, 2 gammon | 627 | 6 | – | 9½ | – | – | – | – | – | 187 boxes, 135 barrels | 129 | 14 | 3 | 8 | 1,687 boxes | 484 | 10 | 1 | – |
| Beans, Butter | – | 2 | 10 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Cabbages | 16 bags | – | 16 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Cauliflower in brine | – | – | – | – | – | 163 casks | 29 | 15 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Cheese | – | 13 | 12 | – | 8½ | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Cucumbers | – | – | – | – | – | 4 loads | 5 | 14 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Currants | – | – | – | – | – | 6¼ cases | – | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Dates | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7 | 14 | – | – | – | 17 | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Desiccated Cocoanut. | – | – | – | – | – | 1 case | – | 1 | – | 18 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Eggs | – | 5 | 18 | 3 | – | – | 241 | 17 | 3 | 22 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Egg Yolk | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 9 | 2 | 25 | – | – | – | – | — | 811 casks | 183 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| *963 casks | 198 | 18 | 1 | – | ||||||||||||||||
| Figs | 264 bundles | 3 | 12 | 1 | 8 | – | – | – | – | – | 24 bundles | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Flour | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Fruit | – | – | – | – | – | 12 bundles | – | 12 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Gherkens | – | – | – | – | – | 37 boxes | 5 | 13 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Honey | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |