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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
Bermondsey 1944
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1944
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| No. | Date purchased | Sample | Infringement | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 781 | 20.11.44 | Baking Powder (Informal Sample) | Available Carbon Dioxide, 7.26% | Resampled |
| 841 | 6.12.44 | Baking Powder | Available Carbon Dioxide, 7% | Illegally sold by wholesalers to this retailer. In view of explanation given by wholesaler a warning letter was sent |
| 929 | 28.11.44 | Golden Raising Powder | Available Carbon Dioxide 4.4% | This sample was old stock and manufactured before the coming into force of the Food Standards (Golden Raising Powder) Order, 1944. Warning |
PUBLIC HEALTH (IMPORTED FOOD) REGULATIONS, 1937.
| Articles | Quantity Unsound | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disposed of for purposes other than human food | Destroyed | Released for disposal under other Sanitary Authorities | ||||||||||
| Weight | Weight | Weight | ||||||||||
| Tons | cwts. | qrs. | lbs. | Tons | cwts. | qrs. | lbs. | Tons | cwts. | qrs. | lbs. | |
| Canned Goods | 45 | – | 3 | 2 | – | 17 | 3 | 7 | – | – | – | – |
| Cereals | 2215 | 19 | 3 | 27 | 2 | 2 | – | 1 | 75 | 11 | 3 | 7 |
| Dairy Produce | – | – | – | – | 1 | 6 | 3 | 24 | 230 | 9 | 3 | 21 |
| Evaporated Milk | 128 | 7 | 2 | 21 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 22 | – | – | – | – |
| Flour | 1757 | 12 | 1 | 11 | – | – | – | – | 7 | 17 | – | – |
| Fruit, Dried | 11 | 19 | – | 7 | – | – | – | – | 10 | 4 | 3 | – |
| Meat | 3 | 14 | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | 7 | 13 | 5 | – | – |
| Various | 13 | 6 | 3 | 1 | – | 15 | 1 | 14 | 40 | – | – | – |
| Total | *4176 | – | 2 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 19 | 377 | 8 | 2 | – |
* This item is almost wholly accounted for by two "incidents" which
caused damage and fire in riverside wharves.