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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 1947
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1947
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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. | |
| Bacon | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | – | – | – | 20 | – | – | – | – |
| Beans and Peas | 386 | 4 | – | 21 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 8 | – | – | – | – |
| Canned Goods: Various | 67 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 17 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Fish | 8 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | – | – |
| Fruit | – | 8 | 2 | 23 | 64 | 4 | – | 20 | – | – | – | – |
| Meat | 30 | – | 1 | – | – | 12 | – | 22 | 10 | 15 | 2 | 1 |
| Milk | 1 | – | 3 | 12 | – | 14 | 3 | 23 | – | – | – | – |
| Preserves | – | 1 | – | 1 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 11 | – | – | – | – |
| Soup | – | 11 | 2 | 4 | – | – | 2 | 21 | – | – | – | – |
| Tomatoes | 7 | 11 | 2 | 18 | 26 | 2 | 3 | 25 | – | – | – | – |
| Vegetables | 1 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | – | – | – | – |
| Cereals | 154 | 4 | 1 | 23 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Cheese | – | 1 | 1 | 15 | – | 5 | 1 | 16 | 267 | 16 | – | 18 |
| Cocoa and Cocoa Beans | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 3 | 93 | 13 | – | – |
| Egg | – | – | – | – | 86 | 10 | 3 | 8 | – | – | – | – |
| Fish | – | – | – | – | – | 12 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Fruit, Dried | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 94 | 8 | 2 | 16 | 37 | 9 | – | 18 |
| Fruit, Fresh | 1 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 94 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 68 | 9 | 2 | 17 |
| Fruit, Pulp | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Fruit, Sub'tute | — | – | – | – | – | 12 | 2 | – | – | – | – | |
| Flour | 536 | 10 | 2 | 11 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Meat | 4 | 8 | 1 | 12 | – | 3 | – | 8 | – | – | – | – |
| Nuts | 1 | 1 | – | 18 | 11 | 9 | – | 26 | – | 16 | – | – |
| Poultry | – | – | – | 1 | 19 | 2 | 27 | – | – | – | – | |
| Tea | 5 | 5 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Various | 2 | 14 | – | 14 | – | 14 | 2 | 23 | – | – | – | – |
| Various, Fire damaged | – | – | – | – | 550 | — | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Vegetables | 9 | 8 | – | 5 | 443 | 8 | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | |
| Total | 1,220 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 1,324 | – | 3 | 12 | 481 | 1 | 1 | 26 |