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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 1955
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1955
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PUBLIC HEALTH (IMPORTED FOOD) REGULATIONS, 1937/48.
| Disposed of for purposes other than human food | Destroyed | Removed for sorting under Sanitary Authority | Re-exported | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight | Weight | Weight | Weight | |||||||||||||
| T. | C. | Q. | L. | T. | C. | Q. | L. | T. | C. | Q. | L. | T. | C. | Q. | L. | |
| Bacon | 3 | 7 | 1 | 26 | – | 13 | – | 2 | – | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Beans | 86 | 18 | 2 | 7 | – | 12 | – | 10 | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Biscuits | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 10 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Butter | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 566 | 12 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Butterfat | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Beetroot | – | – | – | – | 1 | 15 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Cake | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 12 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Casings | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 9 | – | 15 |
| Cereals | – | 1 | – | – | – | 14 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Cheese | – | 18 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 12 | 20 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Chillies | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 25 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Cocoa Beans | – | – | – | – | 1 | 13 | 1 | 13 | – | 7 | – | 24 | 38 | 3 | 3 | 14 |
| Cocoa Crumb | – | 2 | 2 | 16 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Coconut | 7 | 4 | – | 23 | – | – | – | – | – | 10 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Coffee Beans | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | 21 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Coriander Seed | 3 | 10 | – | – | – | – | 2 | 14 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Cooking Fat | 6 | 8 | – | – | – | – | 2 | 19 | – | – | – | – | – | 10 | – | – |
| Cumin Seed | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | 1 | 18 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Egg Albumen | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 20 | 20 | – | – | – | 25 | 9 | – | – |
| Egg, Dried | – | – | – | – | 2 | 17 | – | 13 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Egg, Frozen | – | – | – | – | 6 | 5 | 1 | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Farinoca | – | 19 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Fish, Canned | – | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | 2 | 22 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Flour | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | 2 | – | 19 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Fondant | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Fruit | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | – | – | 11 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Fruit, Canned | – | 6 | 3 | 1 | 36 | 1 | 2 | 23 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Fruit, Dried | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 20 | 5 | 6 | – | – | 8 | 11 | – | 10 |
| Fruit, Juice & Pulp | – | – | – | – | 21 | 7 | – | 16 | 7 | 16 | 3 | 18 | – | – | – | – |
| Gherkins | – | – | – | – | 2 | 6 | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | 31 | – | – | – |
| Ginger | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | – | 5 | 3 | 19 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Gum Arabic | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Hellebore Root | – | – | – | – | 4 | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Lard | – | – | – | – | – | 6 | 1 | 27 | – | 19 | – | 23 | – | – | – | – |
| Margarine | – | 1 | 2 | – | – | 1 | 3 | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | 6 | – | 15 |
| Meat | 2 | 7 | 1 | 16 | – | 9 | 3 | 7 | – | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Meat, Canned | 10 | 13 | – | 10 | 15 | 16 | 2 | 12 | – | – | – | – | 28 | 2 | – | 22 |
| Milk, Canned | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | 1 | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |