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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 1943
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1943
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X.-FOOD CONTROL.
PUBLIC HEALTH (IMPORTED FOOD) REGULATIONS, 1937.
FOOD AND DRUGS ACT, 1938.
Twenty-four samples were taken during the year by the Senior
Inspector and Wharves Inspectors.
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 or disposed
of for animal feeding purposes.
Weight
Description of Food
lbs.
tons
cwts.
qrs.
-
Fish
1
3
25
-
12
Dairy Produce
1
-
Meat
-
-
-
1
Various
-
4
3
10
Total
8
-
19
-