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Southwark 1917
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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TABLE 50
Table showing the total quantity of Foodstuffs examined at the wharves during the year 1917, the quantity found to be unsound, the notices servedand 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 | ||||||||||||||||
| Apricots, tinned | 887 cases | T. | c. | Q | L. | T. | C. | Q | L. | ||||||||||
| 23 | 5 | 0 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| Apples, do. | 790 cases | 12 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 16 | 1 | 2 | No | — | 1 | 1 | Released to Messrs. Brantom & Co., 8, Albert Embankment for poultry feeding. | |||||
| Albumen | 26 cases | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| Apples. | 9 boxes | 0 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 24 | Yes | 1 | — | Destroyed at Council's Depot. | ||||||
| Anchovies | 173 casks | 22 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 13 | 0 | 0 | No | — | 2 | 2 | Released to Mr. G. Green, Grimsby, to be used for manure manufacture. Released to Messrs. C. & B. Webb, Bow, E., to be used for manure manufacture. | |||||
| Beef, frozen | 2481 quarters, 160 crops, 100 bags, 33 loins, 10 cases | 168 | 11 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | No | — | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Beef, tinned | 2122 cases, 126 tins | 51 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 18 | 2 | 6 | a part | — | 15 | 3 | 1 ton 2 cwt. 2 qrs. 8 lbs. released to Messrs. C. & B. Webb, 155, Bow Road, E., to be used for soap boiling. 2 tons 14 cwt. released to Messrs. Brantom & Co., 8, Albert Embankment, to be used for poultry feeding, &c. 7 tons 1 cwt. 3 qrs. 26 lbs. destroyed at Council's Depot. | |||||
| Beef, salted | 65 casks, 15 cases, 43 pieces | 7 | 7 | 2 | 16 | - | - | - | — | — | - | ||||||||
| Beef extract | 231 cases | 5 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 0 | Yes | - | 1 | - | Destroyed at Council's Depot | |||||
| Bacon | 763 boxes, 356 bales 405 sides | 223 | 19 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 7 | a part | 18 | 1qr.10lbs destroyed at Council's Depot The remainder was released to be used in the pro cess of soap boiling as follows:- | |||||||
| T. | C, | Q. | L. | Knight, Ltd., Silvertown, E. Waddington, Stratford, E Cook, Ltd., Bow, E. | |||||||||||||||
| 1 | 17 | 2 | 4 to J. | ||||||||||||||||
| 13 | 13 | 1 | 21 to B. | ||||||||||||||||
| 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 to E. | ||||||||||||||||
| Beans, tinned | 255 cases | 5 | 8 | 2 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| Butter | 109 boxes | 2 | 14 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| Beans, Haricot | 549 bags | 64 | 9 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| Barley | 18 bags | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| Bacon, tinned | 30 cases | 0 | 6 | 1 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| Brawn, tinned | 314 cases | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 16 | No | — | 3 | 1 | Released to R. D. Paul &; Son, 1pswich, for cattle feeding. | |||||
| Beans, Broad | 24 bags | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | ||||||||
| Beans, Butter | 12 bags. | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
| Beans, brown | 14 bags | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| Condensed Milk | 1774 cases | 31 | 15 | 3 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 0 | No | — | 3 | 6 | 10 tons 4 cwt. 1 qr. 8 lbs. released to H. Wellband & Son, Otford, Kent, for cattle feeding. 3 cwt. 3 qrs. 20 lbs. released to B. Cross, Edgeware, for pig feeding. | |||||
| Carried forward | 636 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 73 | 10 | 2 | 27 | i | 46 | 22 | ||||||||