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Southwark 1914
[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 31st, 1911, 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. | (b) Release | |||||||||||
| T. | C. | Q. | L. | T. | C. | Q. | L. | |||||||
| Apples, tinned | 880 cases | 14 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 6 | Yes | — | 4 | — | Destroyed at Council's Depot, Manor Place |
| Apricots, do. | 885 cases | 23 | 14 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 8 | Yes | — | 6 | 2 | 8 cwt. 4 lbs. destroyed in furnace on premises where found; the remainder at Council's Depot, Manor Place. |
| Anchovies, do. | 40 tins | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | — | — | — | 6 | — | ||||
| Bacon | 8164 bales, 1 side, 14 pieces, 13 boxes | 820 | 9 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 14 | Yes a portion | — | — | — | 8 cwt. released to E. Cook & Sons, Bow, E., for soap boiling; the remainder was destroyed at Council's Depot, Manor Place. |
| Beef, salted | 3785 barrels, 2 tierces, 127 pieces | 338 | 6 | 1 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Beef, frozen | 23921 hinds, 30137 crops, 939 fores, 897 ribs, 852 finks., 762 pees., 158 clods, 532 buttocks, 31 bags, 3 barrels | 3198 | 7 | 3 | 17 | 3 | 13 | 3 | 7 | Yes | — | 67 | 62 | 2 cwt. 2 qrs. 8 lbs. were destroyed at Council's Depot, Manor Place; the remainder was released to J. Knight, Ltd., Silvertown, E., to be used in the process of soap boiling. |
| Beef, tinned | 2195 cases, 186 tins | 82 | 6 | 2 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | Yes | — | 9 | 6 | 3 cwt. 16 lbs. destroyed in furnace on premises where found; the remainder at Council's Depot, Manor Place. |
| Beans, tinned | 85 cases | 2 | 5 | 2 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Butter | 42 boxes, 20 barrels | 2 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 2 | — | 6 cwts. were released to be sent to Mills & Sparrow, Ireland, to be cleansed by steam; the remainder was released to J. Knight, Silvertown, E., to be used in the process of soap boiling. |
| Condensed Milk | 4360 cases, 100 tins | 82 | 18 | 24 | 26 | 17 | 1 | 24 | — | — | 5 | 2 | Released as follows:— 5 tons 7 cwt. 3 qrs. 12 lbs. to E. Richardson, Heathfield; 4 tons 6 cwt. 1 qr. 20 lbs. to H. Bean, Heathfield; 11 tons 19 cwt. 1 qr. 8 lbs. to G. Kipps, Sevenoaks; 3 tons 18 cwt. 3 qrs. 12 lbs. to G. Pettit, Heathfield; and 1 ton 5 cwt. to — Hutchinson, Heathfield. The whole of the above was to be used solely for poultry feeding. | |
| Casings, Sheep's | 307 casks | 68 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Casings, Ox | 260 casks, 92 tiercee | 134 | 9 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | ||||
| Casings, Hogs | 3 casks, 50 pails 10 tierces, 110 kegs | 6 | 19 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Crab, tinned | 107 cases | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 16 | Yes | — | 1 | 1 | Destroyed at Council's Depot, Manor Place |
| Carried forward | 4777 | 19 | 3 | 17 | 43 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 103 | 74 | ||||