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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 1917
[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) De- tention. | (b) Release | |||||||||||
| Brought forward | T. | C. | Q. | L. | T. | C. | Q | L. | 46 | 22 | ||||
| 636 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 73 | 10 | 2 | 27 | |||||||
| Casings, Sheep's | 5 casks, 12 kegs | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Casings, Ox | 24 tierces | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | No | 1 | 1 | Released to J. Knight, Ltd., for use in the process of soap boiling. | |
| Casings, Hog | 17 casks | 1 | 10 | 1 | 12 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | |||
| Cheese | 4296 cases, 1055 crates, 677 boxes, 822 loose | 142 | 10 | 2 | 16 | 52 | 9 | 2 | 12 | a part | — | 13 | 9 | 35 tons 2 cwt. 1 qr. 10 lbs. destroyed at the Council's Depots. The remainder released for pig feeding as follows:—6 tons 2 cwt. 1 qr. 2 lbs. to W. White & Sons, Valley Farm, Kingsbury, Middlesex. 11 tons 5 cwt. to H. Wellband, & Son, Otford, Kent. |
| Crab, tinned | 244 cases, 65 crates | 6 | 12 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 20 | Yes | — | 2 | — | Destroyed at Council's Depot. |
| Coffee Beans | 152 bags | 7 | 13 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Cocoa Beans | 862 bags | 64 | 13 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | |||
| Chickens, frozen | 5374 cases | 84 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 10 | No | — | — | 1 | Released to the Premier Fish Meal Co., Stratford, E., to be used for cattle food. |
| Cherries, tinned | 80 cases | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Chicken Meat, boneless | 36 boxes | 0 | 6 | 1 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Ducks, frozen | 1172 boxes, 3271 cases | 40 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | a part | — | 6 | 5 cwts. destroyed at Council's Depot. The remainder released for poultry or cattle feeding as follows:—1 cwt. 8 lbs. to C. Newton, 239-241, Old Ford Road, 18 cwt. 3 qrs. 20 lbs. to the Premier Fish Meal Co., Stratford, E. | |
| Eggs | 35 boxes, 661 cases | 65 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | Yes | — | 6 | 2 | Destroyed at Council's Depot. |
| Egg Liquid | 11873 casks, 4589 cases, 90 tins | 2504 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | Yes | — | 2 | — | do |
| Egg Melange | 7269 cases, 1323 casks | 451 | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Egg Yolk, dried | 118 cases | 2 | 19 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Fowls, frozen | 2003 cases, 40 boxes | 30 | 9 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 16 | No | — | 1 | 1 | Released to the Premier Fish Meal Co., Stratford, E. |
| Flour | 10403 bags | 650 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 461 | 3 | 3 | 0 | No | — | 6 | 6 | 325 tons 1 cwt. 1 qr. released to W. Bailey, Hunter's Bridge Mills, King's Langley, for cattle feeding. The remainder was released in small parcels to various parts of the country, to be used either for cattle feeding or paste making. |
| Geese frozen | 16 cases | 0 | 11 | 1 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Hams | 675 boxes | 153 | 10 | 1 | 12 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 0 | No | 8 | 8 | Released to various firms to be used in the process of soap boiling. | |
| Hams, tinned | 90 cases | 0 | 19 | 2 | 16 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | |||
| Herrings, tinned | 296 cases | 6 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 24 | Yes | — | 1 | — | Destroyed at Council's Depot. |
| Herrings, pickled | 30 casks | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Carried forward | 4861 | 8 | 0 | 19 | 643 | 9 | 2 | 25 | 96 | 59 | ||||