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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 1945
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1945
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PUBLIC HEALTH (IMPORTED FOOD) REGULATIONS, 1937.
| Articles | Quantity Unsound | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disposed of for purposes other than human food | Destroyed | Released for disposal under other Sanitary Authorities | ||||||||||
| Weight | Weight | Weight | ||||||||||
| Tons | cwts. | qrs. | lbs. | Tons | cwts. | qrs. | lbs. | Tons | cwts. | qrs. | lbs. | |
| Canned Goods | 95 | 11 | – | 6 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 21 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 6 |
| Cereals | 116 | 5 | 2 | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Dairy Produce | – | – | – | – | – | 6 | 2 | 1 | 620 | 16 | – | 19 |
| Evaporated Milk | 63 | 14 | 3 | 13 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 15 |
| Flour and Cornflour | 675 | 6 | 3 | 26 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Fruit, Dried | 8 | 12 | 3 | 1 | – | 1 | – | 7 | 13 | – | – | 25 |
| Fruit, Fresh | – | – | – | – | 24 | 12 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Meat | 1 | 16 | 2 | 21 | – | 2 | – | – | 18 | 4 | – | – |
| Peas and Beans | 630 | 7 | 2 | 14 | – | – | – | – | 9 | 17 | – | 24 |
| Vegetables | – | – | – | – | 6 | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Various | 86 | 10 | – | 16 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 22 | 49 | 18 | – | 15 |
| Total | 1678 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 82 | 12 | – | 11 | 718 | 14 | 2 | 20 |