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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 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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Showing the quantity of foodstuffs examined at the wharves, the amount of food to be unsound, the Notices served, and
the method of disposal of the unsound portion.
| 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 . | (b) Release . | |||||||||||
| T. | c. | Q. | L. | T. | c. | Q. | L. | Yes | — | — | — | 1 ton 11 cwt. 1 qr. 20 lbs. were destroyed at the Council's Depot; 4 cwt. 1 qr. 12 lbs. were destroyed in a barge; 1 cwt. 24 lbs. were destroyed on the premises where found. | ||
| Apples | 317 boxes, 4 cases | 6 | 6 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Apples, tinned | 1545 cases | 41 | 7 | 2 | 20 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 24 | Yes | — | 1 | 1 | Destroyed at the Council's Depot. |
| Apple, pulp | 20 cases | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Apricot, pulp | 225 cases | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Yes | — | — | — | Destroyed at the Council's Depot. |
| Apricots | 775 crates | 8 | 9 | 2 | 24 | 3 | 17 | 3 | 4 | Yes | — | — | — | 1 ton 16 cwt. 2 qrs. 16 lbs. were destroyed on the premises where found and 2 tons 1 cwt. 16 lbs. destroyed in a railway truck. |
| Bacon | 95 bales | 9 | 10 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Beef | — | 611 | 15 | 3 | 22 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 18 | Yes | — | 82 | 82 | Released for technical purposes. |
| Beef, salted | — | 13 | 1 | 1 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Beef, tinned | 827 cases, 2141 tins | 23 | 15 | 2 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Yes | — | 1 | 1 | 3 tons 17 cwt. 2 qrs. 26 lbs. were destroyed at the Council's Depot and 1 ton 5 cwt. 6 lbs. were released for technical purposes. |
| Bi-Carbonate of Soda | — | 5 | 17 | 0 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 9 | Yes | — | — | — | Destroyed at the Council's Depot. | |
| Blackcurrants | 100 boats | 1 | 1 | 1 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Butter | 290 casks, 1651 boxes | 38 | 12 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | |||
| Capers | 29 casks | 5 | 16 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Casings, hog | 31 tierces, 28 casks | 10 | 17 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Caviare | casks, 2 cases | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Cereals | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Cheese | 200 crates | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Cherries, pulp | 50 casks | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Condensed milk | 359 cases | 7 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 6 | Yes | — | 2 | 2 | 6 tons 16 cwt. 26 lbs. were destroyed at the Council's Depot and 17 cwt. 2 qrs. 8 lbs. were released for pig feeding. |
| Crab, tinned | 590 cases, 193 tins | 15 | 4 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 24 | Yes | — | — | — | Destroyed at the Council's Depot.####### | |
| Currants | 30 boxes | 15 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Egg Yolk liquid | 2 barrels, 529 casks, 300 tins | 103 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Yes | — | 6 | 6 | Destroyed at the Council's Depot. |
| Egg Yolk, dried | 33 cases | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | ||||
| Endive | 50 crates | 11 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| Fish, tinned | 533 cases | 11 | 11 | 3 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Flour | 278 bags | 24 | 16 | 1 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Carried forward | 986 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 42 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 96 | 96 | ||||