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Southwark 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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TABLE 35.
Showing the quantity of Foodstuffs found unsound throughout the Borough during the year 1933 by the several Inspectors.
| Foodstuffs. | Quantity and Weight found Unsound | Surrendered by Owners. | Seized by Inspector. | Remarks. | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quantity. | Weight. | Quantity. | Weight. | Quantity. | Weight. | |||||||||||
| T. | c. | Q. | L. | T. | c. | Q. | L. | T. | C. | Q. | L. | |||||
| Apples | 101 cases, 1 box | 2 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 101 cases, 1 box | 2 | 11 | 3 | 8 | — | — | Destroyed at the Council's Depot. | |||
| Bacon | 3 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 1 ton 18 cwt. 2 qrs. 11 lbs. were destroyed at the Council's Depot, and 26 lbs. were destroyed on premises where found; 1 ton 7 cwt. 10 lbs. were released for technical purposes. | |||||||
| Bananas | 10 boxes, 3 crates | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 boxes, 3 crates | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Destroyed at the Council's Depot. | |||||
| Beef | 2 Buttocks | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 Buttocks | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | - | Released for technical purposes. | |||||
| Beef, tinned | 1 case, 108 tins | 6 | 0 | 22 | 1 case, 108 tins | 6 | 0 | 22 | - | - | Destroyed at the Council's Depot. | |||||
| Cheese | - | 4 | 1 | 17 | - | 4 | 1 | 17 | - | - | Do. do. | |||||
| Cod fillets | 1 box | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 box | 1 | 1 | 0 | - . . | - | Do. do. | |||||
| Condensed Milk | 6 cases | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 cases | 2 | 1 | 12 | - . . | - | Do. do. | |||||
| Cucumbers | 14 flats | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 flats | 4 | 2 | 0 | - . . | - | Do. do. | |||||
| Dripping | 1 tin | 14 | 1 tin | 14 | - . . | - | Do. do. | |||||||||
| Egg Yolk | 8 casks | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 8 casks | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | - | - | Released for technical purposes. | |||
| Fowls | 2,268 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 18 | 2,263 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 4 tons 9 cwt. 3 qrs. 2 lbs. were destroyed at the Council's Depot, and 3 qrs. 6 lbs. were released for technical purposes. 5 fowls weighing 10 lbs. were seized by the Inspector and submitted to the Magistrate. (See Legal Proceedings). | |||
| Fruits. Assorted, tinned | 33 cases | 13 | 1 | 2 | 33 cases | 13 | 1 | 2 | - | - | Destroyed at the Council's Depot. | |||||
| Haddocks | 1 case | 3 | 0 | 1 case | 3 | 0 | - | - | Do. do | |||||||
| Hams | 8 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 qrs. 16 lbs. were destroyed at the Council s Depot, and 1 qr. 24 lbs. were released for technical purposes. | |||||||
| Ham, tinned | 33 tins | 3 | 2 | 24 | 33 tins | 3 | 2 | 24 | - | - | 1 cwt. 2 qrs. 21 lbs. were destroyed at the Council's Depot, and 2 cwt. 3 lbs. were destroyed on the premises where found. | |||||
| Heads, Pigs | 10,065 | 55 | 19 | 1 | 27 | 10,065 | 55 | 19 | 1 | 27 | - | - | 14 cwt. 9 lbs. were destroyed at the Council's Depot, and 55 tons 5 cwt. 1 qr. 18 lbs. were released for technical purposes. | |||
| Horse Radish | 149 barrels | 1 | 11 | 0 | 16 | 149 barrels | 1 | 11 | 0 | 16 | - | - | Destroyed at the Council's Depot. | |||
| Kippers | 1 box | 1 | 2 | 1 box | 1 | 2 | - | - | Do. do | |||||||
| Lettuce | 66 crates | 7 | 0 | 16 | 66 crates | 7 | 0 | 16 | - | - | Do. do | |||||
| Lobster, tinned | 13 cases | 5 | 2 | 8 | 13 cases | 5 | 2 | 8 | - | — | Do | |||||
| Mutton | 1 leg | 4 | 1 leg | 4 | - | -- | Destroyed on the premises where found. | |||||||||
| Offal | 11 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 4 cwt. 9 lbs. were destroyed at the Council's Depot, and 7 cwt. 1 qr. 1 lb. were destroyed on premises where found. | |||||||||
| Onions | 18 bags | 18 | 0 | 0 | 18 bags | 18 | 0 | 0 | - | — | Destroyed at the Council's Depot. | |||||
| Oranges | 10 cases | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 cases | 5 | 0 | 0 | - | - | ||||||
| Carried forward | 74 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 73 | 19 | 3 | 10 | ||||||||