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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
Deptford 1947
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Deptford Borough]
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defects. The following figures indicate the volume of work carried
out by the Sanitary Inspectors:-
Total primary inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors 7 ,234
Total re-inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors 24,340
Total number of Intimation Notices served 3,404
Total number of Statutory Notices served 1,203
Cases in which legal proceedings were instituted 11
Total visits to prefabricated houses and hutments 1,301
FOOD EXAMINATION.
| Sampling. | Chemical. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aspirin Tablets. | 2 | Ginger Tine. | 1 | ||
| Apple Juice. | 2 | Herring Tidbits. | 1 | ||
| Anchovy Essence. | 2 | Health Salts. | 1 | ||
| Bi-carbonate of Soda. | 1 | x Horseradish. | 1 | ||
| Baking Powder. | 3 | x Iodine. | 3 | ||
| Bacon. | 6 | Jam. | 1 | ||
| Butter. | 10 | Kipper Snacks. | 1 | ||
| x Baked Beans. | 3 | Kippered Herrings (tin). | 1 | ||
| x Beef Cubes. | 2 | ||||
| Bronchial Tablets. | 1 | Lemonade Crystals. | 3 | ||
| Biscuits. | 3 | Liquid Paraffin. | 1 | ||
| Bread. | 2 | Liver Sausage. | 1 | ||
| x Batter Flour. | 2 | Mustard. | 4 | ||
| Barley Sugar, | 1 | Margarine. | 10 | ||
| Barley Flakes. | 2 | Mackerel (tin) | 1 | ||
| x Breakfast Oats. | 7 | x Mixed Herbs. | 3 | ||
| Beetroot (tinned) | 1 | x Malt Vinegar. | 4 | ||
| Cod Liver Oil & Malt. | 1 | Meat Pie. | 10 | ||
| Cod Liver Oil. | 2 | Meat Paste. | 1 | ||
| Coffee. | 6 | Macaroni Cheese. | 1 | ||
| x Compound Bismouth Loz: | 1 | x Malted Food. | 2 | ||
| Cheese. | 10 | x Mixed Spice. | 2 | ||
| Cooling Fat. | 10 | Milk (Powdered) | 1 | ||
| Cake Mixture. | 1 | x " (Evaporated) | 2 | ||
| Cocoa. | 6 | " (Sterolized) | 1 | ||
| x Chest and Lung Mixture | 1 | Meat & Vegetables. | 1 | ||
| x Curry Powder, | 2 | x Non-brewed Vinegar. | 4 | ||
| Coldsett Dessert Powder. | 1 | Oatmeal. | 3 | ||
| x Pudding Mixture. | 1 | ||||
| Carraway Seeds. | 1 | x Piccalilli. | 6 | ||
| Cinnamon. | 1 | Potato Powder. | 2 | ||
| Creamola Foam Crystals | 1 | Peas. | 2 | ||
| Camphorated Oil. | 1 | Pickled Cabbage. | 1 | ||
| x Digestive Mints. | 1 | Peppermint Solution. | 1 | ||
| Dressed Crab. | 1 | Pressed Pork. | 1 | ||
| Dates. | 2 | Pilchards . | 1 | ||
| Epsom Salts. | 1 | Pearl Barley. | 1 | ||
| Fruit Malt Syrup. | 1 | Pepper. | 1 | ||
| x Fish Paste. | 5 | Paprika. | 1 | ||
| x Fluid Beef. | 1 | Rheumatic Tablets. | 1 | ||
| x Formalin Tablets. | 1 | Sulphur ointment. | 2 | ||
| Fillets of anchovies. | 1 | Semolina. | 1 | ||
| Fudge. | 1 | Sugar. | 10 | ||
| Gravy Salt. | 2 | Sultanas. | 1 | ||
| Ground Ginger | 1 | Sage & Onion Stuffing. | 3 | ||
| x Ginger Cordial. | 3 | ||||
| Glycerine. | 1 | Soup powder. | 3 | ||
| Grape Saline. | 1 | Steak Pic. | 1 | ||
| Gelatine. | 2 | x Sausage Rolls. | 2 | ||
| Ginger Pudding Mixture | 1 | Sausages. | 3 | ||
| Ground White Pepper. | 1 | Sardines. | 3 | ||