London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Southwark 1915
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
This page requires JavaScript
92 93
EXAMINATION OF FOOD.
TABLE 52.
Showing the quantity of Foodstuffs examined during the year 1915 by the several Inspectors throughout the Borough (The amount shown in
this table is in addition to the total shown in Table 53.)
| Foodstuffs Examined. | Quantity and Weight found Unsound. | Surrendered by. Owners. | Seized by Inspector. | Remarks. | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foodstuffs. | Quantity. | Weight. | Quantity. | Weight. | Quantity. | Weight. | Quantity. | Weight. | |||||||||||||
| Apples | Bags, boxes, &c. | T. | C. | Q. | L. | 45 bags, 4 boxes . | T. | C. | Q. | L. | 45 bags, 4 boxes | T. | C. | Q. | L. | T. | C. | Q. | L. | 2qrs. destroyed on premises where found. The remainder at Council's Depot. | |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Anchovies | 6 tins | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | ||||||||||||||||
| Asparagus | 2 crates | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 crates | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 crates | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Destroyed on premises where found. | |||||
| Artichokes | 1 crate | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 crate | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 crate | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | do do. | |||||
| Arrowroot | 200 tins | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | ||||||||||||||||
| Beef | Carcases, quarters joints and pieces | 32 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 carcase and offal | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 carcase and offal | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | Destroyed at Council's Depot. | |||||
| Beef, salted | Pieces | 1 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 boxes, 26 bales, 61 sides, 1 shoulder, 116 pieces | 6 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 boxes, 26 bales, 61 sides, 1 shoulder, 161 pieces | 6 | 7 | 2 | 16 | 3 pieces | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 shoulder (151bs) destroyed on premises where found. 6 tons 7 cwt. 2 qrs. 1 lb. were treated with carbolic acid and released to be used in the process of soap boiling. 3 pieces (weighing 12 lbs.) were condemned by the magistrate. The owner was convicted and ordered to pay a fine of £5 and £2 2s. costs; in default to go to prison for 3 months |
| Bananas * | 370 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | ||||||||||||||||
| Beef Powder | 81 cases & 4 tins | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Bacon | Boxes, bales, sides and pieces | 110 | 18 | 3 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Brawn | 62 cases, 105 tins | 1 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 6 cases | 0 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 6 cases | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | Destroyed at Council's Depot. | |||||
| Beef Extract | 536 cases, 215 jars, 2909 tins | 67 | 2 | 2 | 27 | ||||||||||||||||
| Butter | 10 cases, 100 tins, 20 pieces | 0 | 4 | 2 | 16 | ||||||||||||||||
| Beef, chopped | 3 trays | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Carried forward | 225 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 3 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||