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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 1925

Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1925

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Table: UNSOUND FOOD. The following were brought to the notice of the Department, found to be unfit for human food, and destroyed:-

UNSOUND FOOD. The following were brought to the notice of the Department, found to be unfit for human food, and destroyed:-

Tons.cwts.qrs.lbs.
Fresh Meat2517
Fresh Fish11–5
Fresh Fruit17–23
Condensed Milk336
Tinned Goods16
Sundries1–1
318220

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MILK PREMISES
MILK AND DAIRIES (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1922.
27 milk sellers were registered under the above Act during
1925, and 16 names were removed from the Register, making a
total of 213 milksellers on the Register at the end of the year
under report.

Table: MILK (SPECIAL DESIGNATIONS) ORDER, 1923. During the year under report, the following Licenses were granted:—

MILK (SPECIAL DESIGNATIONS) ORDER, 1923. During the year under report, the following Licenses were granted:—

Dealers' Licenses:
To sell "Certified" Milk3
To bottle and sell Grade "A" (Tuberculin Tested) Milk8
To sell Grade "A" (Tuberculin) Tested Milk24
Supplementary Licenses:
To sell "Certified" Milk4
To sell "Grade A" Milk4
To sell Grade "A" (Tuberculin Tested) Milk5
To sell "Pasteurised" Milk4

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FOOD AND DRUGS.
In Table IX. of Appendix will be found a list of the samples
taken in 1925, and the action taken; 1,553 samples were taken,