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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

Battersea 1964

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough]

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Table: Unsound Food The following table gives particulars of the unsound food which, under the provision of the Public Health (London) Act, 1936, Section 180 (8), were voluntarily surrended to the Council.

Unsound Food The following table gives particulars of the unsound food which, under the provision of the Public Health (London) Act, 1936, Section 180 (8), were voluntarily surrended to the Council.

CommodityLbs.TinsJarsPkts.
Cereals1815—22
Cheese———15
Cream—232—
Fish (Wet)196———
Fish (Preserved)673———
Fruit762,268—1
Jams and Preserves122—11—
Meat (fresh)4,263½———
Meat (preserved1,569¼99—187
Milk (tinned)—32——
Offal534¼———
Poultry1.378¼6——
Rabbit7———
Pickles and Sauces——100—
Soup—52——
Vegetables28958—598
Other food536½24411,147