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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 1919
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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Showing the quantity of Foodstuffs examined during the year 1919 by the several Inspectors throughout the Borough (The amount shown in
this table is in addition to the total shown in Table 41.)
| 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 | 4 boxes, 6 bags, 30 lbs. | 0 | 4 | 2 | 22 | ||||||||||||||||
| Anchovies | 12 tins | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Almonds. | 4 cases | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Apricot pulp | 84 tins | 0 | 8 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||||||||||
| Bacon | boxes, bales, sides and pieces | 63 | 15 | 1 | 20 | 391 pieces, 133 sides. 1 fore end | 14 | 17 | 2 | 11 | 1 fore end, 1 piece | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 14 tons 17 cwt. 21 lbs. were released to various firms for soap boiling. 1 qr. 10 lbs. were destroyed at the Council's Depot and 8 lbs. were destroyed on the premises where found. | |||||
| Beef | carcases, joints, pieces and quarters | 37 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 1 carcase, 6 pieces, 4 hinds 23 packets | 0 | 11 | 1 | 15 | 1 carcase, 6 pieces | 0 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 4 hinds | 0 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 3 cwt. 4 lbs. were released to J. Knight, Silvertown, for soap boiling, 1 cwt. 2 qrs. 2 lbs. to W.Johnson, Gt. Guildford street, for pig feeding, 5 cwt. 1 qr. 18 lbs. were destroyed at the Council's Depot. 1 cwt. 1 qr. 19 lbs. were seized by the Inspector and taken before the Magistrate, who ordered the meat to be destroyed, which was done at the Council's Depot. The owner was proceeded against and fined £50 and 25 gs. costs |
| Beef Extract | 137 cases, 39 tins, 23 packets | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 23 packets | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Destroyed at Council's Depot. | ||||
| Beef, tinned | 583 tins | 1 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 537 tins | 1 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 525 tins | 1 | 8 | 0 | 22 | 1 ton 8 cwt. 22 lbs. were destroyed at the Council's Depot and 2 qrs. 16 lbs. were released to Messrs. Knight, Silvertown, for soap boiling. | |||||
| Carried forward | 110 | 16 | 2 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 19 | |||||