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Southwark 1925
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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EXAMINATION OF FOOD-table 35 Showing the quantity of Foodstuffs examined during the year 1925 by the several Inspectors throughout the Borough The amount shown in this table is in addition to the total shown in Table 36.)
| 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. | |||||||
| Apricot pulp | 338 tins | 1 | 13 | 0 | 22 | |||||||||||||
| Apples | 14 boxes | — | 4 | 1 | 14 | 11 boxes | - | 3 | 0 | 24 | 11 boxes | - | 3 | 0 | 24 | - | - | Destroyed at Council's Depot. |
| Apple pulp | 50 jars | - | - | 2 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Bananas | 125 crates | 5 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 116 crates | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 116 crates | 0 | u | u | Destroyed at Council's Depot | |||
| Beef | Quarters, joints, pieces | 71 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 38 pieces, 4 clods | - | 9 | 3 | 14 | 38 pieces, 4 clods | - | 9 | 3 | 14 | - | - | 9 cwt. 3 qrs. 8 lbs were released for soap boiling, and 6 lbs. were destroyed at Council's Depot. |
| Beef extract | 980 cases | 56 | 19 | 0 | 8 | |||||||||||||
| Beef powder | 210 cases | 12 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Destroyed at Council's Depot. | |||||||||||
| Beef, tinned | 318 tins | - | 13 | 3 | 12 | 243 tins | - | 12 | 0 | 8 | 243 tins | - | 12 | 0 | 8 | - | - | Destroyed at Council's Depot. |
| Bacon | 209 sides, &c. | 6 | 11 | 2 | 26 | 1 side, 15 pieces | - | 7 | 2 | 8 | 1 side, 15 pieces | - | 7 | 2 | 8 | - | - | 6 cwt. 2 qrs. were destroyed at Council's Depot, and 1 cwt. 8 lbs. were released for soap boiling. |
| Beef, salted | 353 cases | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | |||||||||||||
| Beef cubes | 348 tins | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 343 tins | 1 | I | 3 | 0 | 348 tins | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | - | - | Destroyed at Council's Depot. |
| Condensed milk | 39 cases, 668 tins | - | 19 | 3 | 6 | 16 cases, 645 tins | -_ | 11 | 1 | 25 | 16 cases, 645 tins | - | 11 | 1 | 25 | — | - | Destroyed at Council's Depot. |
| Cokernuts | 2 bags | - | - | 2 | 0 | 2 bags | - | - | 2 | 0 | 2 bags | - | - | 2 | 0 | — | — | Destroyed at Council's Depot. |
| Cheese | 2 cheeses | - | - | 2 | 19 | |||||||||||||
| Cauliflowers | 10 bags | - | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 bags | - | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 bags | - | 4 | 0 | 0 | - | - | Destroyed at Council's Depot. |
| Chocolates | 10 boxes | - | - | - | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Ducks | 9 ducks | - | - | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Eggs | 2 cases, 80 eggs | - | - | 3 | 1 | 2 cases | - | - | 2 | 16 | 2 cases | - | - | 2 | 16 | - | - | Destroyed at Council's Depot. |
| Fish | 9 boxes, 1 crate, &c. | - | 3 | 2 | 12 | 9 boxes | - | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 boxes | - | 3 | 1 | 0 | - | - | Destroyed at Council's Depot. |
| Carried forward | 159 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 11 | ||||||