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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 1918
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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Showing the quantity of Foodstuffs examined during the year 1918 by the several Inspectors throughout the Borough (The amount shown in
this table is in addition to the total shown in Table 52.)
| Foodstuffs Examined. | Quantity and Weight found Unsound. | Surrendered by Owners. | Seized by Inspector. | Remarks. | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foodstuffs. | Quantity. | Weight. | Quantity. | Weight. | Quantity. | Weight. | Quantity. | Weight. | |||||||||||||
| t. | c. | q. | l. | t. | c. | q. | l. | t. | c. | q. | l. | t. | c. | q. | l. | ||||||
| Apples, dried | 8 boxes 7 casks, 5 cases | 0 | 13 | 2 | 20 | ||||||||||||||||
| Apples | baskets, boxes ... | 2 | 11 | 1 | 16 | ||||||||||||||||
| Apricots, tinned | 35 tins | 0 | 2 | 2 | 20 | ||||||||||||||||
| Anchovies | 10 tins | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Beef | carcases, quarters, joints and pieces | 39 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 carcase, 8 fores, 1 hind,19 pieces 1 rump and loin, and trimmings | 1 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 7 fores, 19 pieces 1 carcase,1 rump and loin and trimmings | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 1 fore, 1 hind, and trimmings | 0 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 8 cwt. 3 qrs. 25 lbs. weredestroyed at the Council's Depot. 4 qr. 22 lbs. were destroyed on premises where found and 14 cwt. 19 lbs. were released to various firms to be used in the process of soap boiling. |
| Beef, tinned | 91 tins, 28 cases . | 0 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 19 tins | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 19 tins | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | — | — | Destroyed at Council's Depot. | |||
| Beef, salted | 389 pieces, 1 cask | 0 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 1 cask | 0 | 2 | 2 | 14 | — | — | 1 cask | 0 | 2 | 2 | 14 | do do | |||
| Beef Extract | 75 tins | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Bacon | boxes, bales, sides and pieces | 70 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1139 pieces, 3 boxes, 1 side | 4 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 49 pieces | 0 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 1090 pieces, 3 boxes, 1 side | 4 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 4 tons 9 cwt. 2 qrs. 18 lbs. were released to various firms to be used in the process of soap boiling. 2 qrs. 18 lbs. were destroyed at the Council's Depot and 3 qrs. 21 lbs. were destroyed on the pre mises where found. |
| Bloaters | 24 casks, 12 boxes 2 cases and 746 loose | 0 | 9 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||||||||||
| Bananas | 180 loose | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | ||||||||||||||||
| Bread | 67 loaves | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22 | ||||||||||||||||
| Blackberries | 49 baskets | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Butter | 3 boxes | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Condensed Milk | 100 cases, 3 casks, 325 tins | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 12 cases, 3 casks | 0 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 12 cases, 3 casks, | 0 | 7 | 1 | 7 | — | 3 cwt. were released to H. Wellband & Sons, Otford, for pig feeding and 4 cwt. 1 qr. 7 lbs. to the Wilts United Dairies, Ltd. for the same purpose | ||||
| Carried forward | 119 | 7 | 3 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 19 | |||||