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Southwark 1912
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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EXAMINATION OF FOOD.
TABLE 50.
Showing the quantity of Foodstuffs examined during the year 1912 by the several Inspectors throughout the Borough. (The amount shown in
this table is in addition to the total shown in Table 51.)
| Foodstuffs Examined. | Quantity and Weight found Unsound. | Surrendered by Owners. | Seized by Inspector. | Remarks. | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foodstuffs. | Quantity. | Weight. | Quantity. | Weight. | Quantity. | Weight. | Quantity. | Weight. | |||||||||||||
| T. | c. | Q. | L. | T. | c. | Q. | L. | t. | c. | Q. | L. | t. | c. | Q. | L. | ||||||
| Apples | — | 5 | 7 | 0 | 12 | 6¾ barrels, 16 boxes | 0 | 12 | 3 | 10 | 6¾ barrels, 16 boxes | 0 | 12 | 3 | 10 | ||||||
| Apricots, tinned | 12 cases, 24 tins | 0 | 8 | 2 | 8 | ||||||||||||||||
| Anchovies, tinned | 7 tubs, 5 tins | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14 | ||||||||||||||||
| Artichokes, tinned | 12 cases | 0 | 5 | 1 | 12 | ||||||||||||||||
| Beef | Quarters, joints and pieces | 37 | 16 | 3 | 11 | 2 pieces | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 pieces | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Beef, salted | Pieces, &c. | 1 | 4 | 0 | 25 | ||||||||||||||||
| Bacon | Sides, pieces, Ac. | 5 | 2 | 2 | 21 | ||||||||||||||||
| Beef, tiuned | Cases and tins | 1 | 14 | 3 | 10 | 4 cases | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 4 cases | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | ||||||
| Bloater Paste | 72 tins | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
| Brazil Nuts | 5 bags, 1 parcel | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 bags, 1 parcel | 0 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 3 bags | 0 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 1 parcel | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Bloaters | 129 boxes, 20 loose | 0 | 6 | 1 | 13 | ||||||||||||||||
| Bananas | Crates, &c. | 0 | 13 | 2 | 17 | 17 crates | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 17 crates | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Beef Extract | 10 cases | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Brawn | 5 moulds, &c. | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Black Puddings | 15 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Blackberries | Baskets and tubs | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Cod | 2 trunks, &c. | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Cocoanuts | 2 nets | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 nets | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 nets | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Condensed Milk | Cases and tins | 9 | 7 | 1 | 23 | 338 cases and 351 tins | 6 | 11 | 2 | 14 | 325 casss | 6 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 13 cases, 351 tins | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1* | Summonses were taken out in two instances. They resulted (a) in respect to 40 tins, in the defendant being fined 40/-, and 7/6 costs, and (6) in respect to 74 tins, in the defendant being ordered to pay £2/2 costs. No proceedings were taken in regard to the remaining portion of this unsound condensed milk. |
| Cheese | 2 boxes, 1 case | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 case | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 case | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||
| Carried forward | 63 | 14 | 3 | 21 | 7 | 16 | 2 | 24 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | |||||