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Bermondsey 1954

Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1954

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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 or disposed
of for purposes other than human food.
Description of Food
Weight
tons cwts. qrs. lbs.
Meat — 9 2 12
Meat, Canned -3 1 4
F i sh - - 1 14
Fish, Canned — — — 18
Fruit, Canned — 3 — —
Milk, Canned - - 2 -
Eggs — — 2 18
Vegetables, Canned - - 1 1 27
Various — 1 — 27
Total 1 — 1 8
PHARMACY AND POISONS ACT, 1933 AND
PHARMACY AND MEDICINES ACT, 1941.
Sixty-five premises were entered on the Council's list for the
year under report.
As a result of samples being purchased, it was found that two
contraventions of the Act occurred, poisons being sold wrongly by
unlisted vendors. Warning was given in both cases.
MILK PREMISES.
FOOD AND DRUGS ACT, 1938/50.
MILK AND DAIRIES REGULATIONS, 1949.
Thirteen milk sellers were registered under the above Acts during
1954, and 9 were removed from the Register. There were 117 milk
sellers on the Register at the end of the year.