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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 1953
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1953
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PUBLIC HEALTH IMPORTED FOOD REGULATIONS, 1937/48—continued.
| Disposed of for purposes other than human food Weight | Destroyed Weight | Removed for sorting under Sanitary Authority Weight | Re-exported Weight | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T. | C. | Q. | L. | T. | C. | Q. | L. | T. | C. | Q. | L. | T. | C. | Q. | L. | |
| Nuts | 51 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 14 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Oats | 4 | 4 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Offals | 4 | 17 | 1 | – | 2 | 7 | – | – | 3 | – | 3 | 12 | – | – | – | – |
| Onions | – | – | – | – | 16 | 14 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Pastry Mix | – | 19 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Pepper | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 21 | – | 1 | – | 25 | – | – | – | – |
| Peas | 41 | – | 3 | 9 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Poultry | – | – | – | – | – | 11 | 2 | 21 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Prawns | – | – | – | – | 19 | 19 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Preserves | – | 1 | 1 | 16 | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Protein Extract | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Puddings, Xmas | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 1 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Rabbits | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Rice | 69 | 2 | 2 | 2 | – | 2 | – | 24 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Rye | – | 12 | – | 13 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Sago | – | 12 | 2 | 27 | – | 3 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Soups | – | – | – | – | 5 | 18 | 1 | 13 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Spaghetti | – | 6 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Sugar | – | 3 | 3 | 14 | – | – | 1 | 14 | – | 2 | – | 5 | – | – | – | – |
| Tapioca | 1 | 13 | 2 | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Tea | 2 | 6 | 3 | 14 | – | 5 | – | 13 | – | – | – | – | 3 | 4 | 2 | – |
| Tomatoes, Canned | – | – | – | – | 3 | 15 | 1 | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Tomato, Juice | – | – | – | – | 2 | 8 | 3 | 12 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| „ Puree | – | – | – | – | 45 | 12 | 2 | 12 | 22 | 18 | – | 20 | – | – | – | – |
| Various | 49 | 17 | 2 | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Vegetables | – | 6 | – | – | 1 | 11 | 1 | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| „ Canned | – | – | 3 | 20 | 2 | 1 | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Whalemeat | 36 | 13 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Total | 663 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 258 | 11 | 1 | 27 | 319 | 13 | – | 2 | 47 | 15 | 2 | 13 |