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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 1914
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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| 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. | ||||||||
| Brought forward | 4777 | 19 | 3 | 17 | 43 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 103 | 74 | ||||
| Cheese | 155 crates, 20 baskets, 1 cheese | 5 | 15 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 11 | Yes | — | 3 | 1 | 2 cwt. 15 lbs. destroyed in furnace on premises where found; the remainder at Council's Depot, Manor Place. | |
| Cherries, tinned | 60 cases | 1 | 5 | 2 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Crayfish, frozen | 12 cases | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Dates | 80 cases | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | Released to Dufrais & Co., 67, Deptford Green, for distillation purposes. | |
| Ducks, frozen | 147 cases | 2 | 12 | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Eggs | 603 cases | 35 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 17 | 0 | 25 | Yes | — | 4 | 3 | Destroyed at Council's depot, Manor Place |
| Egg Liquid | 720 tins. 50 cases | 8 | 14 | 2 | 20 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | Yes | — | 3 | — | do do |
| Fowls, frozen | 1397 cases, 35 crates | 24 | 12 | 3 | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Figs, tinned | 34 cases | 1 | 1 | 3 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Flour | 508 sacks | 45 | 6 | 1 | 20 | 45 | 6 | 1 | 20 | — | — | 3 | — | Released to be sent to J. Benton & Co., 610, Commercial Road, E., to be used in the manufacture of dog food. |
| Fish Paste | 1 case | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Yes | — | 1 | — | Destroyed at Council's Depot, Manor Place |
| Game (black), frozen | 7 head | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | These birds were examined by the Public Analyst for the purpose of ascertaining whether either arsenic or strychnine was present in the viscera. | |||
| Game, frozen | 1 case | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | — | Destroyed at Council's Depot, Manor Place |
| Geese, do. | 170 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Hams | 130 boxes, 4 tierces, 10 barrels, 8 loose | 33 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | — | — | 3 | — | 5 cwt. released to J. Knight, Silvertown, E., to be used in the process of soap boiling; the remainder was destroyed at Council's Depot, Manor Place. |
| Herrings, tinned | 123 cases | 3 | 0 | 1 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Heads, Pigs' | 66 bags, 109 loose | 2 | 10 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 3 | — | — | 8 | — | 13 bags (8 cwt. 14 lbs.) were re-shipped per |
| s.s. " Thule " to Gothenberg; the remainder was released to J. Knight, Silvertown, E., to be used in the process of soap boiling. | ||||||||||||||
| Hares, frozen | 140 cases, 64 crates | 8 | 13 | 0 | 26 | 3 | 19 | 2 | 0 | Yes | — | 3 | 1 | Destroyed at Council's Depot, Manor Place |
| Hams, in brine | 6 casks | 0 | 16 | 0 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Kidneys, Ox, &c. | 586 crates, 193 boxes, 22 bags | 16 | 18 | 3 | 16 | — | — | — | 8 | 8 | ||||
| Lobster, tinned | 235 cases | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 22 | Yes | — | 2 | 1 | Destroyed at Council's Depot, Manor Place |
| Lard | 18 casks, 30 tubs, 30 boxes | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Mutton, frozen | 3184 carcases, 30 crates, 20 bags | 62 | 15 | 2 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | Yes a portion | — | 3 | — | 246 pieces, weighing 1 ton 14 cwt., were released to J. Knight, Ltd., Silvertown, E., to be used in the process of soap making; the remainder was destroyed at Council's Depot, Manor Place. |
| Mutton, salted | 45 barrels | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Carried forward | 5043 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 112 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 145 | 88 | ||||