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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 1957
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1957
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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 | 1 | 11 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | 17 | – | 11 | – | 24 | – | – | – | – |
| Beans | 18 | – | 1 | 1 | 11 | 19 | 1 | 27 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 26 | – | – | – | – |
| Biscuits | | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Butter | | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 11 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Cake | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 20 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Cheese | – | 18 | – | 21 | 6 | 7 | – | 25 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 26 | – | 5 | 2 | 23 |
| Cocoa Beans | – | – | 3 | 22 | – | 18 | – | 17 | – | – | – | – | 6 | 3 | 3 | 14 |
| Coconut | 7 | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Coffee | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | 1 | 2 | – | – | 2 | 17 | – | – | – | – |
| Confectionery | – | – | – | – | – | 7 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Cooking Fat | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 17 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Curry Powder | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 5 | 3 | – |
| Egg Albumen | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 3 | 2 | – | 3 | – | – | 5 | 6 | 2 | – |
| Egg, Dried | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 13 | 9 | 2 | 23 | 20 | 2 | 1 | – |
| Egg, Frozen | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 1 | 21 | 278 | 16 | 2 | 12 | 43 | 13 | 2 | 8 |
| Eggs, Shell | – | – | – | – | 3 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Egg Yolk | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12 | 2 | – |
| Fish | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Fish, Canned | – | – | – | – | – | 6 | 3 | 21 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Flour | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | – | – | 1 | 22 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Fondant | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Fruit | – | – | – | – | 4 | 18 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Fruit, Crystallised | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Fruit, Canned | – | – | – | – | 20 | 4 | 1 | 11 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Fruit, Dried | 1 | 18 | – | – | 1 | 10 | 1 | 14 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Fruit Juice and Pulp | – | – | – | – | 11 | – | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Gherkins | – | – | – | – | 13 | 13 | – | 8 | – | – | – | – | 7 | 4 | – | – |
| Hops | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Lard | – | – | 2 | – | – | 2 | 1 | 17 | 22 | 8 | – | – | 6 | 5 | – | – |
| Macaroni | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | 1 | 20 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Meat | – | – | 2 | 16 | – | 19 | 1 | 16 | – | – | – | – | 33 | 1 | – | – |
| Meat, Canned | 14 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 44 | 11 | 2 | 23 | – | – | – | – | 4 | 2 | – | 6 |
| Milk, Canned | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 17 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Milk Powder | – | 2 | – | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Nuts | 8 | – | 1 | – | 2 | 13 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | – | – | – | – |
| Offals | – | – | – | – | – | 15 | 3 | 8 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Onions | – | – | – | – | 192 | 11 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Parsley | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Peas | 6 | 19 | 3 | 9 | – | 12 | – | – | 1 | 18 | 2 | 8 | – | – | – | – |
| Pepper | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | 2 | 21 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Potatoes | – | – | – | – | – | 18 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Preserves | – | – | – | – | 1 | 13 | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Poultry | – | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Poultry, Canned | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 3 | 23 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Rice | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Salami | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 10 | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | – |
| Sausages | – | – | 1 | 12 | – | 2 | 2 | 10 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Soups, Canned | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Tapioca | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | – | 3 | 2 | 19 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Tea | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | 9 | 1 | 4 |
| Tomatoes, Canned | – | – | – | – | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Tomato Juice | – | – | – | – | 1 | 16 | 3 | 13 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Tomato Paste | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 1 | 18 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Tomato Puree | – | – | – | – | 14 | 4 | 1 | 21 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Various | – | – | – | – | 71 | 1 | – | 11 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Vegetables, Canned | – | – | – | 1 | 15 | 3 | 16 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Totals | 63 | 17 | – | 4 | 413 | 18 | 3 | 24 | 326 | 18 | 3 | 6 | 132 | 13 | 3 | 27 |