London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

View report page

Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Bermondsey 1917

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bermondsey, Metropolitan Borough of]

This page requires JavaScript

Text

Copy text to clipboard

i 1

Table: sanitary administration. UNSOUND FOOD. The following were brought to the notice of the Department found to be unfit for human food and destroyed as trade refuse:—

sanitary administration. UNSOUND FOOD. The following were brought to the notice of the Department found to be unfit for human food and destroyed as trade refuse:—

Table D.
MEAT—Tons.cwts.qrs.lbs.
Fresh317213
Canned3314313.½
FISH—
Canned18115
VEGETABLES—
Canned30113
FRUIT—
Canned6031
DAIRY PRODUCE—
Various1947112
VARIOUS—
Various Canned Goods401310
28811025

Text

Copy text to clipboard

Milk Premises.
There were 284 milk premises on the Register at the end of
19.16. 25 were added and 4 removed during 1917, making a total
of 305 on the Register at the end of the year under report. 815
inspections were made and 31 notices served.
Slaughterhouses.
There is one slaughterhouse in the Borough. 30 inspections
were made. No notices were served.
Ice Cream. Premises.
There were 102 premises where ice cream is manufactured
on the Register at the end of 1916. 7 were removed during the
year under report, making a total of 95 . 66 inspections were
made and 11 notices served.