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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 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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TABLE 25. Showing the quantity of foodstuffs examined at the wharves, the amount found to be unsound the Notices served, and the method of disposal of the unsound portion.
| Apple Pulp | 10 tins | 3 | 16 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||||
| Almonds | 275 bags | 27 | 10 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| Apples | 1 barrel, 6120 boxes, 2108 cases | 146 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 16 | 3 | 0 | Yes | - | 5 | 5 | 1 ton 12 cwt. 3 qrs. released for technical purposes; 17 tons 4 cwt. barged to sea. |
| Apricots | 7933 crates | 77 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 77 | 3 | 0 | 8 | Yes | - | 3 | 3 | 1 cwt. 8 lbs. destroyed in truck; 77 tons 2 cwt. destroyed in Council's Depot. |
| Apricot Kernels | 109 bags | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| Apricot Pulp | 1999 cases, 111 tins | 100 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 0 | Yes | - | - | - | Destroyed in Council's Depot. | |
| Artichokes | 139 crates | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | Yes | - | - | - | Do. do. |
| Bacon | 152 boxes, 913 bales | 180 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 7 | Yes | - | - | - | Do. do. | |
| Beans, Vanilla | 2 cases | 1 | 2 | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
| Beef | Quantity | 95 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 4 | Yes | - | 59 | 59 | Released for technical purposes. |
| Beans | 6 baskets | 3 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
| Beef, tinned | Quantity | 754 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 3 | 20 | Yes | - | 1 | 1 | 10 cwt. released for technical purposes; 2 tons 5 cwt. 3 qrs. 20 lbs. destroyed in Council s Depot. |
| Beef Briskets, tinned | 1206 cases | 39 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 18 | Yes | - | 2 | 2 | Destroyed in Council's Depot. | |
| Blackberries, tinned | 6 tins | 1 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||||
| Black Currants, tinned | 556 cases | 27 | 16 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| Butter | 2425 boxes | 60 | 12 | 2 | 0 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | |||
| Casings | Quantity | 102 | 9 | 0 | 24 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| Cherries | 39 crates | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | Yes | - | - | - | Destroyed in Council's Depot. | ||
| Cherries, Glace | 59 crates | 5 | 18 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | |||
| Chicken | 2 cases | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | Yes | - | 1 | 1 | Destroyed in Council's Depot. | |||
| Cherries, tinned | 440 cases | 9 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | Yes | - | - | - | Destroyed in Council's Depot. |
| Crab, canned | 96 cases | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| Dripping | 30 casks, 50 boxes | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| Ducks | 10 cases | 2 | 2 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
| Eggs, frozen | 100 tins, 30421 packings | 1095 | 18 | 3 | 26 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| Egg Liquid | 1390 cases, 33960 packings | 660 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 106 | 12 | 3 | 12 | Yes | - | 1 | 1 | For export to China. |
| Egg Yolk Liquid | 1153 casks, 1639 packings | 251 | 14 | 2 | 14 | - | - | - | 19 | 12 | - | |||
| Fat, Hog | 28 drums | 6 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 14 | Yes | - | 6 | 6 | Released for technical purposes. |
| Fowls | 40 cases | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| Carried forward | 3659 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 221 | 18 | 3 | 19 | 99 | 92 | ||||