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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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| Surrendered by Owners. | Seized by Inspector. | Remarks. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quantity. | Weight. | Quantity. | Weight. | |||||||
| T. | C. | Q. | L. | T. | C. | Q. | L. | |||
| 1 | 12 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 19 | |||
| 91 cheese, 21 boxes | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | The owner was proceeded against. The summons was dismissed as the Magistrate was not satisfied that the cheese was intended for human consumption. It was destroyed at the Council's Depot. | |||||
| 101 bags | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 tons 1 cwt. were destroyed at Council's Depot. 3 tons were released to the City Corporation Pig Farm, Islington. | |||||
| 11 crates | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | — | Destroyed at Council's Depot. | ||||
| 1150 eggs | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | _ | — | Destroyed at Council's Depot. | |||
| — | — | • • . | — | — | ||||||
| 340 fowls | 0 | 6 | 3 | 27 | — | Destroyed at Council's Depot 9 Fowls, weighing 27 lbs., were sprayed with carbolic and released to J. Knight for soap boiling. | ||||
| 2 boxes, 1 trunk, 1 kit | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | — | 1 cwt. 3 qrs. 14 lbs.were destroyed on the premises where found, and 1 qr. 22 lbs. released for manure. | ||||
| 2 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 19 | |||