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Southwark 1938
[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 1938 by the several Inspections.
| Foodstuffs. | Quantity and Weight found Unsound | Surrendered by Owners. Seized by Inspector | Remarks. | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quantity. | Weight. | Quantity. | Weight. | Quantity. | Weight. | |||||||||||
| T. | C. | Q. | L. | T. | C. | Q. | L. | T. | C. | Q. | L. | |||||
| Apples | 5 boxes | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 boxes | 1 | 3 | 4 | - | - | Destroyed in Council's Depot. | |||||
| Bacon | Quantity | 4 | 10 | 1 | 0 | Quantity | 4 | 10 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 1 cwt. 13 lbs. destroyed at Council's Depot.; 4 ton 9 cwt. 15 lbs. released for technical purposes. | |||
| Bananas | 1 crate | 2 | 14 | 1 crate | 2 | 14 | - | - | Destroyed at Council's Depot. | |||||||
| Beef | Quantity | 10 | 1 | 251/2 | Quantity | 10 | 1 | 251/2 | - | - | 6 cwt. 51/2 lbs. released for technical purposes. 4 cwt. 1 qr. 20 lbs. destroyed on premises. | |||||
| Beef, tinned | 23 tins | 1 | 1 | 18 | 23 tins | 1 | 1 | 18 | - | - | Destroyed in Council's Depot. | |||||
| Biscuits | 24 tins | 1 | 2 | 0 | 24 tins | 1 | 2 | 0 | - | - | Do. do. | |||||
| Brisket | Quantity | 12 | Quantity | 12 | - | - | Do. do. | |||||||||
| Cheese | Quantity | 3 | 11/2 | Quantity | 3 | 11/2 | - | - | Do. do. | |||||||
| Chicken | 50 chickens | 1 | 1 | 191/2 | 50 chickens | 1 | 1 | 191/2 | - | - | Do. do. | |||||
| Chicken, Boneless | 321 jars | 1 | 0 | 2 | 321 jars | 1 | 0 | 2 | - | - | Do. do. | |||||
| Chicken, tinned | 78 tins | 3 | 3 | 18 | 78 tins | 3 | 3 | 18 | - | - | Do. do. | |||||
| Confectionery | 20 packages | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 packages | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | Do. do. | |||||
| Chocolate | 3 cases | 1 | 2 | 3 cases | 1 | 2 | - | - | Do. do. | |||||||
| Crab, canned | 50 cases | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 50 cases | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | Do. do. | |||
| Fish | 3 boxes | 2 | 4 | 3 boxes | 2 | 4 | - | - | Destroyed on premises. | |||||||
| Fish, canned | 115 cases, 60 tins | 2 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 115 cases, 60 tins | 2 | 11 | 2 | 0 | - | - | Destroyed in Council's Depot. | |||
| Fowls | Quantity | 4 | 2 | 3 | Quantity | 4 | 2 | 3 | - | - | Do. do. | |||||
| Fruit, dried | 600 cases | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 600 cases | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | Do. do. | |||
| Fruit, tinned | ; 91 cases, 233 tins | 1 | 15 | 1 | 16 | 91 cases, 233 tins | 1 | 15 | 1 | 16 | - | - | Do. do. | |||
| Game | Quantity | 4 | Quantity | 4 | - | - | Do. do. _ j | |||||||||
| Gelatine | 1 bag, 19 kegs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 bag, 19 kegs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | Do. do. | |||
| Grape Fruit | 207 boxes | 8 | 12 | 3 | 24 | 207 boxes | 8 | 12 | 3 | 24 | - | - | 1 cwt. destroyed in Council's Depot; 19 cwt. released for technical purposes. | |||
| Hams, canned | 39 tins | 5 | 2 | 251/2 | 39 tins | 5 | 2 | 251/2 | - | - | Destroyed in Council's Depot. | |||||
| Heads, Pig's | 16497 heads | 89 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 16497 heads | 89 | 3 | 0 | 4 | - | - | 1 cwt. 21 lbs. destroyed on premises ; 4 cwt. 2 qrs. 41/2 lbs. destroyed in Councils Depot. | |||
| Horse Radish | 18 crates | 7 | 2 | 0 | 18 crates | 7 | 2 | 0 | - | - | 2 tons 3 qrs. 26 lbs. destroyed in digester; 87 tons 2 cwt. 6 lbs. released for technical purposes. | |||||
| Herrings | 12 boxes | 1 | 0 | 8 | 12 boxes | 1 | 0 | 8 | - | - | Destroyed in Council's Depot. | |||||
| Jams | 5 boxes | 1 | 22 | 5 boxes | 1 | 22 | - | - | Do. do. | |||||||
| Kippers | 22 boxes | 1 | 3 | 24 | 22 boxes | 1 | 3 | 24 | - | - | Do. do. | |||||
| Lemons | 9 boxes, 185 cases | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 boxes, 185 cases | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | - | - | Do. do. | |||
| Lettuce | 194 crates | 4 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 194 crates | 4 | 5 | 0 | 8 j | - | - | Do. do. | |||
| Melons | 47 crates, 45 cases | 5 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 47 crates, 45 cases | 5 | 6 | 3 | 4 | - | - | Do. do. | |||
| Milk, condensed | 68 cases | 1 | 9 | 0 | 16 | 68 cases | 1 | 9 | 0 | 16 | - | - | Do. do. | |||
| Mutton | Quantity | 2 | 18 | Quantity | 2 | 18 | - | - | 1 qr. 6 lbs. released for technical purposes; 1 qr. 12 lbs. destroyed on premises. | |||||||
| Carried forward | 133 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 133 | 4 | 2 | 17 | - | - | ||||||