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Southwark 1925
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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TABLE 36. Table showing the total quantity of Foodstuffs examined at the wharves during the year 1925, the quantity found to be unsound, the notices served and 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 | |||||||||||
| T. | c. | Q. | L. | T. | c. | Q. | L. | |||||||
| Apricot, pulp | 266 cases | 12 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 18 | Yes | - | 2 | - | Destroyed at Council's Depot. |
| Apricots | 201 crates, &c | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | Yes | - | 14 | - | Destroyed at Council's Depot. |
| Apricots, dried | 55 cases | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
| Apricots, tinned | 712 cases | 19 | 1 | 0 | 11 | - | 3 | 3 | 0 | Yes | - | 1 | - | Destroyed on refuse barge. |
| Asparagus, tinned | 348 cases | 7 | 9 | 0 | 20 | — | 3 | 1 | 20 | Yes | - | 2 | — | Destroyed at Council's Depot. |
| Apples, tinned | 100 cases | 1 | 12 | 0 | 16 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| Apples | 160 boxes | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | |||
| Blackcurrant pulp | 1,144 cases | 44 | 3 | 2 | 14 | -_ | 3 | 0 | 24 | Yes | - | 1 | 2 | Destroyed at Council's Depot. |
| Bacon | 926 bales, &c. | 170 | 13 | 1 | 24 | - | 5 | 3 | 24 | Yes | - | 3 | — | 5 cwt. 1 qr. 24 lbs. were destroyed at the Council's |
| Beef | Cases, flanks, quar ters | 147 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | Yes | - | 3 | 2 | Depot, and 2 qrs. were released for soap boiling. Released for soap boiling. |
| Beef, tinned | 1,646 cases, 1,935 tins. | 56 | 18 | 2 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 18 | Yes | — | 35 | — | Destroyed at Council's Depot. |
| Beef, salted | 289 barrels, 6 casks | 26 | 13 | 1 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| Blackberry pulp | 27 casks | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| Butter | 530 casks, 241 boxes | 20 | 10 | 2 | 0 | — | - | — | — | — | — | |||
| Beef powder | 1 case | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| Bungs, hog | 18 casks | - | - | 2 | 16 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| Condensed milk | 6,184 cases, 7 barrels | 213 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 19 | 1 | 9 | Yes | - | 56 | 9 | 47 tons, 6 cwt. were released to various firms for soap boiling, and 10 tons, 13 cwt. 1 qr. 9 lbs. were destroyed at the Council's Depot. |
| Casings, sheep | 321 casks, 388 packages | 74 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Yes | - | 2 | — | Destroyed at Council's Depot. |
| Casings, hog | 807 casks, 501 packages, &c. | 224 | 17 | 2 | 0 | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | |||
| Casings, ox | 134 casks, &c. | 36 | 10 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| Currants | 160 boxes, 25 bags | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| Cheese | 434 crates, 100 boxes | 38 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 22 | Yes | — | — | 1 | Destroyed on premises where found.. |
| Crab, tinned | 232 cases | 4 | 19 | 1 | 20 | - | 15 | 1 | 20 | Yes | - | 1 | - | Destroyed on refuse barge. |
| Cherries | 428 cases | 14 | 13 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 8 | Yes | - | 2 | 1 | Destroyed at Council's Depot. |
| Cocoa pods | 1 case | — | — | 3 | 5 | - | - | 3 | 5 | Yes | - | - | — | Destroyed at Council's Depot. |
| Cherries | 17 baskets, &c. | - | 14 | 3 | 8 | - | 14 | 3 | 8 | Yes | - | 5 | - | Destroyed at Council's Depot. |
| Caviare | 9 casks | -_ | 11 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| Cocoanuts | 3 bags | - | 3 | 0 | 0 | - | 3 | 0 | 0 | Yes | - | 1 | - | Burnt in furnace. |
| Dates | 50 cases, 50 boxes | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| Ducks | 3 packages | - | 1 | 3 | 20 | - | 1 | 3 | 20 | Yes | — | — | — | Destroyed at Council's Depot. |
| Carried forward | 1134 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 80 | 14 | 3 | 18 | 131 | 16 | ||||