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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 Examined. | Quantity and Weight found Unsound. | Surrendered by Owners. | Seized by Inspector. | Remarks. | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foodstuffs. | Quantity. | Weight. | Quantity. | Weight. | Quantity. | Weight. | Quantity. | Weight. | |||||||||||||
| T. | C. | Q. | L. | T. | C. | Q. | L. | T. | C. | Q. | L. | T. | C. | Q. | L. | ||||||
| Brought forward | 131 | 8 | 0 | 26¾ | 19 | 11 | 1 | 11½ | 3 | 17 | 0 | 15¾ | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15 | |||||
| Barley, Pearl | 15 bags | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Beans | 9 bags | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Beans, Haricot | 2 bags | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Bloaters | 2 casks, 12 boxes, 521 loose | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Brawn, tinned | 10 cases | 0 | 6 | 1 | 20 | ||||||||||||||||
| Bread | 18 sacks, 112 loaves | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 18 sacks | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | ... | 18 sacks released to Messrs. Rathbone. St. John's Wood, Sevenoaks, for pig feeding. | ||||||
| Bananas | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Condensed Milk | 82 cases, 106 tins | 1 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 55 cases | 0 | 19 | 3 | 12 | 55 cases | 0 | 19 | 3 | 12 | 3 cases | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 55 cases destroyed at Council's Depot. No action was taken in regard to the 3 cases seized by the Inspector. |
| Currants | 40 boxes | 0 | 13 | 1 | 16 | ||||||||||||||||
| Chickens | 124 | 0 | 3 | 1 | o | ||||||||||||||||
| Cod | 27 pieces | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Custard Powder | 4 bags, 5 cases, 2 parcels, 126 tins | 0 | 7 | 3 | 20 | ||||||||||||||||
| Coffee | 4 cases | 0 | 1 | 2 | 24 | ||||||||||||||||
| Cow's feet | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Conger eel | 10 pieces | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Cheese | 6 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 9 boxes. 2 parcels, 99 cheeses | 1 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 9 boxes, 2 parcels | 0 | 16 | 2 | 2 | *99 cheeses | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | *Two summonses were taken out. In the result Herman Gos-schalk, Ltd., of 40-42, Tooley St., S.E., were fined £50 for selling the cheeses to John Willison, of 355, Southwark Pk. Rd, who was also fined £10 for exposing them for sale in Horsley Street, Walworth. 16 cwt. 2 qrs. 2 lbs were destroyed at Council's Depot. | |
| Cheese, tinned | 12 cases | 0 | 5 | 0 | 16 | ||||||||||||||||
| Cauliflowers | 9 bags | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 bags | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | _ | _ | — | Destroyed at Council's Depot, | |||||||
| Crab, tinned | 5 cases | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | ||||||||||||||||
| Cherries | 237 baskets | 2 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 226 baskets | 1 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 226 baskets | 1 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 1 ton 9 cwt. destroyed on premises where found. 10 cwt. 1 qr. 2 lbs. at Council's Depot. | |||||
| Carried forward | 146 | 15 | 2 | 1¾ | 25 | 2 | 3 | 27½ | 7 | 12 | 3 | 3¾ | 0 | 16 | 1 | 19 | |||||