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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 1938
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1938
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UNSOUND FOOD.
The general inspection of food in shops and on stalls forms
part of the duty of the District Sanitary Inspectors. Food, in the
quantities stated, came under the notice of the Inspectors during
the year, and being found unfit for human consumption was
destroyed.
Weight
Description of Food
tons
cwts.
lbs.
qrs.
Cabbage
-
-
18
1
-
Chickens
-
14
-
Corned Beef
-
-
1
16
Ducks
-
1
1
-
-
Fresh Fish
-
1
14
-
Ham
-
10
-
-
-
-
Oranges
8
-
-
-
5
Pickles
-
-
1
-
Prawns
-
Rabbits
-
3
-
-
2
Roes
5
Total
-
12
3
26
(70)