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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— continued.
Quantity Unsound.
Article.
Disposed of for other Purposes
than Human Food.
Destroyed.
Removed for Sorting under S.A.
Exported
Quantity.
Weight.
Quantity.
Weight.
Quantity.
Weight.
Quantity.
Weight.
Jam
-
14 eases,
379 tins,
17
1
6
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Lard
-
-
4 boxes
-
2
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
30 boxes
10
Livers
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
776 cases
3
Meat
8,449 cases
2,457 tins
305
14
3
7¼
-
-
24
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
-
-
22 cases
1
-
Melons
-
25 cases
5
2
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Macaroni
12
1
3
24
-
49 boxes
2
3
3
271 boxes
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
70
2
380 tins
Milk
12,972 cases
933 tins
290
1
24
3
1
16
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
24
-
Nut Butter
-
37 boxes
-
3
2
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
27 boxes
1
7
-
-
-
Oranges
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
5
16
Ox Tongues
6cs. 111 tins
6
3
-
-
-
-
9
2
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1 box
25
-
-
Peaches
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Peel in brine
-
2
14
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
375 boxes
8
14
38 boxes
-
3
7
-
-
Plums
16
-
8
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
2
Pomegranates
-
137 cases
6
6
-
30 boxes
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
4
17
4
3
-
-
-
Potatoes
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Prunes
16
17
2
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Rabbits
127 tins
3
10½
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
5
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
9
Rice
4
11
3
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
4
2
42 cases
-
18
Syrup
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
2 bags
Sugar
4
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
15½
-
Turkey
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Tinned Fruit
72 cases
14 tins
1
11
24
77 cases
189 cases
20,851 tins
9,196 tins
35
61
4
-
1
2
25
12
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
-
-
-
Tinned Fish
-
-
-
3,803 tins
17
3
4
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
7
-
„ Vegetables
-
-
-
-
3
3
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
„ Various
-
-
81,921 tins
104
12
13
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
234
3
1
7
-
Wheat
-
7
-
5
-
12
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
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. | |||||||||||||
| Jam | – | – | – | – | – | 14 eases, 379 tins, | – | 17 | 1 | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Lard | – | – | – | – | – | 4 boxes | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Livers | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 30 boxes | – | 10 | – | – |
| Meat | 8,449 cases 2,457 tins | 305 | 14 | 3 | 7¼ | – | – | – | – | – | 776 cases | 24 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Melons | – | – | – | – | – | 22 cases | 1 | 2 | – | – | 25 cases | 1 | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Macaroni | 271 boxes | 12 | 1 | 3 | 24 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 49 boxes | 2 | 3 | 3 | – |
| Milk | 12,972 cases 933 tins | 290 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 380 tins | – | 3 | 1 | 16 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Nut Butter | – | – | – | – | – | 37 boxes | – | 3 | 2 | 24 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Oranges | – | – | – | – | – | 27 boxes | 1 | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Ox Tongues | 6cs. 111 tins | – | 6 | 3 | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 9 | 2 | 16 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Peaches | 1 box | – | – | – | 25 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Peel in brine | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 14 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Plums | 375 boxes | 16 | 8 | – | 14 | 38 boxes | – | 8 | 3 | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Pomegranates | – | – | – | – | – | 137 cases | 6 | 6 | – | – | 30 boxes | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Potatoes | – | 4 | – | – | – | – | 17 | 4 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Prunes | – | 16 | 17 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Rabbits | – | – | – | – | – | 127 tins | – | 5 | 3 | 10½ | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Rice | – | 4 | 11 | 3 | 9 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Syrup | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | 2 | – | 42 cases | – | 18 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Sugar | – | – | – | – | – | 2 bags | – | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Turkey | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 15½ | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Tinned Fruit | 72 cases 14 tins | 1 | 11 | – | 24 | 77 cases 189 cases 20,851 tins 9,196 tins | 35 61 | 4 – | 1 2 | 25 12 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Tinned Fish | – | – | – | – | – | 3,803 tins | 1 | 17 | 3 | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| „ Vegetables | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| „ Various | – | – | – | – | – | 81,921 tins | 104 | 12 | – | 13 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Wheat | – | 234 | 3 | 1 | 7 | – | 5 | 7 | – | 12 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |