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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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| Foodstuff Examined. | Qantity nad 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. | ||||||
| Brought forward | 231 | 13 | 3 | 164 | 93 | 8 | 1 | 4½ | 61 | 5 | 0 | 24¼ | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |||||
| Hams | 4035 hams, 44 boxes | 30 | 18 | 1 | 20 | 167 hams, 10 boxes | 3 | 7 | 2 | 9 | - | — | ... | — | — | ... | Released to various firms for soap boiling. | ||||
| Herrings | 140 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Horse Flesh | 2 pieces | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 2 pieces | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | - | - | ... | 2 pieces | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | The owner was proceeded against and fined £10 and 20s. costs. The horseflesh was afterwards sold as catsmeat by order of the Magistrate. | ||
| Heads, ox | 311 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Hares | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 12 hares | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 12 hares | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | —— | - | ... | Destroyed at Council's Depot | ||
| Heads, calves' | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 4 heads | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | — | — | ... | - | - | ... | Released to J. Knight. Silvertown, for soap boiling. | ||||
| Haddocks | 24 haddocks, 10 pieces | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | - | |||||||||||||||
| Hake | 10 pieces | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | ||||||||||||||||
| Jam | 20 cases, 60 tins. | 0 | 9 | 2 | 8 | ||||||||||||||||
| Kidneys | 1 box, 60 kidneys. | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 5 kidneys | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 kidneys | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | - | ... | Destroyed on premises where found. | |||
| Kippers | 7 boxes, 30 kippers | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1½ | 7 boxes | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21½ | 7 boxes | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21½ | — | ... | Destroyed at Manor Place Depot. | |||
| Lamb | 3 pieces, 2 shoulders | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | - | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Liver | 4 bags, 3 pieces, 32 livers | 0 | 4 | 0 | 12½ | 2 pieces | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8½ | 2 pieces | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8½ | - | Destroyed on premises where found | ||||
| Mutton | Carcases, joints, shoulders and pieces | 9 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 15 pieces, 2 carcases, 32 joints | 0 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 12 joints, 1 carcase | 0 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 9 pieces | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 2 cwt. 1 qr. 9 lbs. were released to J. Knight, Silvertown, for soap boiling. 1 cwt. 18 lbs. were destroyed at the Council's Depot, 1 qr. 4 lbs, were destroyed on premises where found, and 1 qr. 10 lbs. were seized by Inspector. The owner was proceeded against and fined (see item Beef, Pressed, p. 84.) |
| Meat Extract | 18 boxes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 18 boxes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 18 boxes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | - | - | ... | Destroyed at Council's . Depot | ||
| Carried forward | 275 | 7 | 1 | 23½ | 97 | 2 | 1 | 16½ | 61 | 8 | 2 | 0½ | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | |||||