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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 1931
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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| Foodstuffs. | Quantity and Weight examined. | Weight found to be unsound. | Surrendered by Owner. | Seized by Inspector. | Notices served. | How unsound portion disposed of. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quantity. | Weight. | (a) Detention. | (6) Release . | |||||||||||
| T. | C. | Q. | L. | T. | C. | Q. | L. | |||||||
| Brought forward | 711 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 103 | 17 | 0 | 24 | 89 | 20 | ||||
| Fat, refined | 106 tierces | 22 | 7 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| Fish, canned | 15 cases | 5 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 12 | Yes | - | - | - | Destroyed at the Council's Depot. | ||
| Fowls | 736 cases | 14 | 5 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Yes | - | 1 | - | Released for soap boiling. | |
| Fruit pulp | 80 barrels | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| Fruit, tinned | 624 cases | 12 | 16 | 2 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 0 | Yes | - | 4 | 1 | Destroyed at the Council's Depot. | |
| Grape fruit, tinned | 413 cases | 11 | 1 | 0 | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| Ginger, preserved | 48 cases | 1 | 8 | 1 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 20 | Yes | - | 1 | - | Do. do. | |
| Geese | 2620 cases | 56 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 2 | 8 | Yes | - | 1 | - | Released for soap boiling. |
| Greengages | 20 crates | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | Yes | - | - | - | Destroyed in railway truck. | |||
| Grapes | 100 boxes | 1 | 1 | 1 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
| Hams | 321 boxes and 100 | 61 | 4 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| Herrings, tinned | 265 cases | 5 | 15 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| Hams, tinned | 50 boxes | 17 | 3 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
| Honey, tinned | 30 tins | 7 | 1 | 18 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
| Lard | 423 boxes | 11 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | Yes | - | 2 | 2 | Released for export to Holland. |
| Loganberries, tinned | 277 cases | 7 | 8 | 1 | 16 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| Lobster, tinned | 95 cases | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| Lard oil | 90 tierces | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Yes | - | 3 | 1 | 6 tons released for technical purposes; 15 tons still under '"Stop.'' |
| Mutton | Carcases and pieces | 2588 | 11 | 0 | 12 | 37 | 19 | 1 | 26 | Yes | - | 562 | 558 | Released for soap boiling. |
| Mutton, tinned | 64 cases | 1 | 7 | 1 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| Macaroni | 160 boxes | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 0 | Yes | - | - | - | Released for pig feeding. | |
| Meats, canned | 71 cases | 1 | 18 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 18 | 2 | 8 | Yes | - | 1 | - | 1 ton 10 cwt. were released for poultry feeding and 8 cwt. 2qrs. 8 lbs. were destroyed at the Council's Depot. |
| Offal | - | 39 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 6 | Yes | - | 11 | 1 | 3 tons 10 cwt. 1 qr. 6 lbs. were released for soap boiling and 2 cwt. 2 qrs. were destroyed on premises where found. |
| Olives, bottled | 4 cases | 1 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 20 | Yes | - | 1 | - | Destroyed at the Council's Depot. | ||
| Oatmeal | 10 bags | 10 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 22 | Yes | - | 1 | - | Burnt in furnace on premises where found. | ||
| Onions | 821 bags | 18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | Yes | - | 1 | - | Destroyed at the Council's Depot. |
| Pears, tinned | 236 cases | 6 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 0 | Yes | - | 1 | - | Do. do. | |
| Peaches, tinned | 664 cases | 18 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 1 | 18 | 3 | 0 | Yes | - | 3 | - | Do. do. |
| Plums, tinned | 532 cases | 14 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | Yes | - | 1 | - | Do. do. |
| Pineapple, tinned | 990 cases .. | 26 | 10 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 4 | o | 16 | Yes | - | 6 | - | Do. do. |
| Prunes | 363 boxes | 4 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 16 | Yes | - | - | - | Do. do. | |
| Prunes, tinned | 110 cases | 2 | 18 | 3 | 20 | -. | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| Pork | Carcases and pieces | 6 | 16 | 1 | 16 | 12 | Yes | - | - | - | Released for soap boiling. | |||
| Peaches, dried | 75 boxes | 13 | 1 | 16 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
| Pork and Beans, tinned | 186 cases | 4 | 0 | 3 | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| Peas, tinned | 45 cases | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| Carried forward | 3706 | 14 | 1 | 10 | 216 | 9 | 2 | 24 | 689 | 583 | ||||