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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
Southwark 1908
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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Showing the number and description of samples of Foodstuffs taken during 1908 at the various wharves and landing places in the Borough and the number of such samples found to be unsound.
| Description of sample taken. | Taken in | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (a) St. Saviour's Ward. | (b) Christchurch Ward. | |||||
| Number | Sound | Unsound | N umber | Sound | Unsound | |
| Beef | 264 | 264 | _ | 124 | 124 | — |
| Lambs | 102 | 102 | — | — | — | — |
| Boneless Meat in Brine | 64 | 64 | — | — | — | |
| Boxed Meat | 40 | 40 | — | 3 | 3 | — |
| Cheese | 49 | 49 | — | — | — | — |
| Eggs | 429 | 363 | 66 | — | — | — |
| Liquid Eggs | 194 | 165 | 29 | — | — | — |
| Pork (barrelled) | 6 | 6 | — | — | — | — |
| Turkeys | 4 | 4 | — | — | — | — |
| Ducks | 3 | 3 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| Butter | 290 | 290 | — | — | — | — |
| Lard | 92 | 92 | — | — | — | — |
| Geese | 63 | 61 | 2 | 31 | 31 | — |
| Quail | 3 | 3 | — | — | — | — |
| Hams | 611 | 611 | — | — | — | — |
| Bacon | 128 | 128 | — | — | — | — |
| Ox Livers | 31 | 31 | — | 3 | 3 | — |
| Ox Kidneys | 11 | 11 | — | — | — | — |
| Ox, Pigs' or Sheeps' Tongues | 326 | 326 | — | — | — | — |
| Calves' Heads | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Cows' or Calves' Feet | 15 | 15 | — | — | — | — |
| Flour | 140 | 130 | 10 | — | — | — |
| Mutton | 673 | 673 | — | 169 | 169 | — |
| Fowls | 2175 | 275 | — | 1134 | 134 | — |
| Babbits | 378 | 378 | — | 448 | 448 | — |
| Kippered Herrings | 56 | 56 | — | — | — | — |
| Pheasants | 18 | 18 | — | — | — | — |
| Tripe | 359 | 359 | — | 46 | 46 | — |
| Ox, Pigs' or Sheeps' Heads | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| Hares | — | — | — | 37 | 37 | — |
| Veal | 5 | 5 | — | 4 | 4 | — |
| Bottled Peas | 7 | 7 | — | — | — | |
| Bottled Tomatoes | 3 | 3 | — | — | — | — |
| Bottled Cherries | 27 | 27 | — | — | — | — |
| Bottled Peaches | 3 | 3 | — | — | — | — |
| Figs | 10 | 10 | — | — | — | — |
| Salmon (tinned) | 713 | 662 | 51 | — | — | — |
| Lobster (tinned) | 16 | 10 | 6 | — | — | — |
| Peas (tinned) | 37 | 37 | — | — | — | — |
| Sugar Corn. | 7 | 7 | — | — | — | — |
| Tinned Pears. | 350 | 346 | 4 | — | — | — |
| Tinned Peaches | 393 | 392 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Carried forward | 6198 | 6029 | 169 | 1004 | 1004 | — |