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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 1926
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1926
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TABLE X. —PUBLIC HEALTH (IMPORTED FOOD) REGULATIONS, 1925—continued
Quantity Unsound
Disposed of for Purposes
other than Human Food
Removed for Sorting under
S.A.
Articles
Destroyed
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
Lamb and Mutton
-
-
1 carcase
1
7
8,569
carcases
138
10
0
0
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
10 cases
Lard
-
-
5
3
23
-
-
—
-
-
-
-
-
-
—
-
-
-
-
Lemon Curd
-
-
5
0
17
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
26½ boxes
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
2
0
0
-
Lime Pickle
-
-
2 cases
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Mandarines
-
-
-
2 crates
1
1
0
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Margarine
-
-
1 box
2
3
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Meat, Canned, Various
2,365 tins
5
13
1
23
55 cases and
587 tins
3
0
3
12
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Meat, Fresh
various
pieces
-
13
3
18
83 pieces
11
2
13
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Melons
74 cases
3
4
0
0
-
-
-
-
-
—
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Offal
-
-
18 bags
14
2
9
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Onions
128 cases
and various
packages
6
17
3
0
-
-
-
-
-
—
2
1
4
-
-
-
-
-
-
Ox Cheeks
-
-
-
-
-
-
24
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
—
-
-
-
11
2 barrels
-
Ox Tongues
-
-
116 tongues
7
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Oranges
-
-
456 cases
and 718 x ½
cases
76
14
0
0
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
—
-
-
-
Orange Juice
-
-
-
3 tierces and
4 casks
188½ gallons
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
2
19
Orange Pulp
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Peaches, Tinned
-
2 cases
-
1
1
4
28 cases
14
0
0
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Pears
-
18 barrels
and various
packages
4
0
2
3
-
-
-
—
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
TABLE X.—PUBLIC HEALTH (IMPORTED FOOD) REGULATIONS, 1925—continued,
| Articles | Quantity Unsound | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disposed of for Purposes other 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 | |||||
| Lamb and Mutton | – | – | – | – | – | 1 carcase | – | – | 1 | 7 | 8,569 carcases | 138 | 10 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Lard | – | – | – | – | — | – | – | – | – | – | – | — | – | – | – | 10 cases | – | 5 | 3 | 23 |
| Lemon Curd | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 26½ boxes | – | 5 | 0 | 17 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Lime Pickle | – | – | – | – | – | 2 cases | – | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Mandarines | – | – | – | – | – | 2 crates | – | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Margarine | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 box | – | – | 2 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Meat, Canned, Various | 2,365 tins | 5 | 13 | 1 | 23 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 55 cases and 587 tins | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 |
| Meat, Fresh | various pieces | – | 13 | 3 | 18 | – | – | – | – | – | 83 pieces | – | 11 | 2 | 13 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Melons | – | – | – | – | — | 74 cases | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Offal | – | – | – | – | – | 18 bags | – | 14 | 2 | 9 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Onions | – | – | – | – | — | 128 cases and various packages | 6 | 17 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 2 | 1 | 4 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Ox Cheeks | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 24 | – | – | – | – | – | – | — | – | – | – |
| Ox Tongues | – | – | – | – | – | 116 tongues | – | 7 | 1 | 11 | 2 barrels | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Oranges | – | – | – | – | – | 456 cases and 718 x ½ cases | 76 | 14 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | — | – | – | – |
| Orange Juice | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 tierces and 4 casks | 188½ gallons | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Orange Pulp | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 19 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Peaches, Tinned | – | – | – | – | – | 2 cases | – | 1 | 1 | 4 | 28 cases | – | 14 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Pears | – | – | – | – | — | 18 barrels and various packages | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |