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Southwark 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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TABLE 26
Showing the quantity of Foodstuffs found unsound throughout the Borough during the year 1937 by the several Inspectors.
| Foodstuffs. | Quantity and Weight found Unsound | Surrendered by Owners. | Seized by Inspector | Remarks. | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quantity. | Weight. | Quantity. | Weight. | Quantity. | Weight. | |||||||||||
| c. | Q. | Q | Q | |||||||||||||
| Apples | 3 cases | 3 | 6 | 3 cases | 3 | 6 | Destroyed at Council's Depot. | |||||||||
| Bacon | 3 | 19 | 1 | 13 | __ | 3 | 19 | 1 | 13 | 9 cwt. 2 qrs. 17 lbs. destroyed at Council's Depot, and 3 tons 9 cwt. 2 qrs. 24 lbs. released for technical purposes. | ||||||
| Beans, canned | — | 6 | 0 | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | — | Destroyed at Council's Depot. | |||||||
| Beef | 16 | 3 | 15 | __ | 16 | 3 | 15 | 9 cwt. 1 qr. 21 lbs. released for technical purposes, and 7 cwt. 1 qr. 22 lbs. destroyed on premises where found. | ||||||||
| Beef, tinned | 25 tins | 1 | 1 | 8 | 25 tins | 1 | 1 | 8 | — | Destroyed at Council's Depot. | ||||||
| Caramels | — | 6 | — | 6 | — | Destroyed on premises where found. | ||||||||||
| Cheese, tinned | 2 cases | 2 | 0 | 2 cases | 2 | 0 | — | Destroyed at Council's Depot. | ||||||||
| Chestnuts, dried | 20 | __ | 20 | Seized by Inspector; condemned by Magistrate, Tower Bridge Police Court; destroyed at Health Services Department. | ||||||||||||
| Eggs | 2880 eggs | 2 | 0 | 16 | 2880 eggs | 2 | 0 | 16 | — | Destroyed at Council's Depot. | ||||||
| Fish | 8 boxes | 1 | 0 | 18 | 8 boxes | 0 | 18 | _ | Do. do. | |||||||
| Fish, tinned | 25 cases | 10 | 0 | 0 | 25 cases | 10 | 0 | 0 | _ | Do. do. | ||||||
| Fowls | — | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18 | — | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18 | — | 1 ton 2 qrs. 14 lbs. destroyed at Council's Depot, and 4 lbs. destroyed at Town Hall. | ||||
| Fruits, tinned | 60 cases, 227 tins | 1 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 60 cases, 227 tins | 1 | 12 | 2 | 0 | — | Destroyed at Council's Depot. | ||||
| Goods, assorted tinned | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | __ | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | Do. do. | ||||||
| Grape Fruit | 256 boxes | 12 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 256 boxes | 12 | 16 | 0 | 0 | — | Do. do. | ||||
| Haddocks | 1 box | 2 | 14 | 1 box | 2 | 14 | _ | Do. do. | ||||||||
| Hams | — | 14 | _ | 14 | _ | Do. do. | ||||||||||
| Hams, canned | 79 tins, 2 hams | 10 | 4 | 79 tins, 2 hams | 10 | 4 | _ | Do. do. | ||||||||
| Heads, Pigs | 15370 heads | 80 | 19 | 0 | 26 | 15370 heads | 80 | 19 | 0 26 | — | Released for technical purposes. | |||||
| Kippers | 18 boxes | 2 | 18 | 18 boxes | 2 | 18 | — | Destroyed at Council's Depot. | ||||||||
| Lemons | 139 boxes | 6 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 139 boxes | 6 | 19 | 0 | 0 | — | Do. do. | ||||
| Melons | 52 crates, 3 trays | 5 | 3 | 12 | 52 crates, 3 trays | 5 | 3 | 12 | _ | Do. do. | ||||||
| Mutton | — | 1 | 12 | — | 12 | — | 3 qrs. 16 lbs. destroyed on premises where found; 1 qr. 24 lbs. released for technical purposes. | |||||||||
| Offal | __ | 18 | 27 | __ | 18 | 27 | — | 10 cwt. 2 qrs. 18 lbs. destroyed at Council's Depot; 2 cwt. 3 qrs. 5 lbs. destroyed on premises where found, and 4 cwt. 3 qrs. 4 lbs. released for technical purposes. | ||||||||
| Oranges | 1715 cases, 2293 boxes | 201 | 10 | 0 | 24 | 1715 cases, 2293 boxes | 201 | 10 | 0 | 24 | — | Destroyed at Council's Depot. | ||||
| Ovaltine | __ | 16 | 0 | 0 | — | 16 | 0 | 0 | — | Do. do. | ||||||
| Carried forward | 313 | 11 | 3 | 19 | 313 | 11 | 2 | 27 | — | 20 | ||||||