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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 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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TABLE 27.
Inspections of Food at Wharves, Markets and other places where food is stored, and the action taken by the officials
during the year 1937.
| WARD or DISTRICT. | Inspections of Wharves and Warehouses. | Inspections of Markets. | Inspections of Shops or Street Stalls. | Slaughter Houses. | Parcels of Food Examined. | Parcels of Food Stopped. | Parcels of Food Released. | Parcels of Food destroyed by consent of owner. | Parcels of Food seized by Inspector. | Parcels of Food condemned by Magistrate. | Summonses taken out. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr. Bowers | 521 | — | 909 | 102 | 552 | 26 | 22 | 119 | 1 | 1 | — |
| Mr. Duffield | 533 | — | 782 | 127 | 1402 | 1056 | 1056 | 513 | 1 | 1 | — |
| Market Inspections | — | 6981 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Total | 1054 | 6981 | 1691 | 229 | 1954 | 1082 | 1078 | 632 | 2 | — |