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Southwark 1912
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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TABLE 51.
Table showing the total quantity of Foodstuffs examined at the wharves from January 1st to December 30th, 1912, inclusive, the quantity found
to be unsound, the notices served, and the method of disposal of the unsound portion.
| Foodstuffs. | Quantity and Weight examined. | Weight found to be unsound. | Surrendered by Owner. | Seized by Inspector. | Notices served. | How unsound portion disposed of. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quantity. | Weight. | (a) Detention | Release | |||||||||||
| T. | c. | Q. | L. | T. | c. | Q. | L. | |||||||
| Apples, tinned | 910 cases, 22 tins | 15 | 10 | 2 | 26 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 8 | Yes | — | 5 | — | Destroyed at Council's depot, Manor Place |
| Apricots, do. | 1148 cases | 29 | 15 | 2 | 22 | 2 | 16 | 2 | 24 | Yes | — | 4 | — | do do |
| Apples, dried | 78 cases | 0 | 17 | 0 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Apples, Canadian | 9 boxes, 14 barrels | 0 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | Yes | — | 2 | — | Destroyed at Council's Depot, Manor Place |
| Anchovies, tinned | 183 tins | 2 | 7 | 3 | 20 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 20 | — | — | 1 | — | do do |
| Asparagus do. | 50 cases | 0 | 10 | 2 | 16 | - | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Beef, frozen, &c. | 96 clods and stick-ings, 42 clods, 40 rumps, &c., 67 top pieces, 5,748 crops, 1,143 buttocks, 9,611 hinds, 101 joints, 15 bags, 12 boxes, 102 quarters, 251 flanks, 3888 fores, 4 casks | 1099 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 19 | Yes | - | 34 | 30 | 3 cwts. 1 qr. 19 lbs., consisting of cysts and fat containing Spiroptera Reticulata were cut away from the beef and burned on the premises where found. The remainder of the beef was then released as sound. One cask of beef weighing 4 cwts. was released to J. Knight, Ltd., Silvertown, E., to be used in the process of soap boiling. |
| Bacon, tinned | 10 cases | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | - | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Beans, do. | 18 cases | 0 | 11 | 2 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Brawn, do. | 98 cases | 2 | 2 | 0 | 24 | - | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Butter | 87 boxes, 12 casks | 2 | 15 | 2 | 0 | - | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Beef, tinned | 1579 cases | 45 | 15 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 20 | Yes | — | 11 | 1 | Destroyed at Council's Depot, Manor Place |
| Beef, extract of | 80 cases, 14 tins | 3 | 14 | 1 | 16 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 16 | Yes | — | 3 | 1 | do do |
| Brains, Sheep's | 30 bags | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | - | — | — | — | - | ||||
| Beef, salted | 820 parcels, 521 joints, 25 kegs | 47 | 1 | 3 | 13 | - | - | — | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Bacon | 874 sides, 91 cases, 2335 bales, 9 pieces, 1 barrel | 208 | 11 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 27 | Yes | - | 2 | 2 | 1 cwt. 2 lbs., released to J. Knight, Ltd., Silver-town, E.. to be used in the process of soap boiling. The remainder was destroyed at the Council's Depot, Manor Place. |
| Condensed Milk | 8905 cases,6 barrels | 167 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 83 | 16 | 3 | 6 | Yes | - | 6 | 2 | 61 tons 8 cwts. 12 lbs. were released to G. Kipps, 3, The Terrace, Sevenoaks, to be used for poultry feeding. 20 tons 3 cwts. 2 qrs. 22 lbs. were released to E. Richardson, Gibsons Farm, Heathfield, Sussex, to be used for pig feeding. The remainder (2 tons 5 cwt.) was destroyed in the Council's Depot, Manor Place |
| Carried forward | 1628 | 10 | 2 | 26 | 94 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 69 | 37 | ||||