London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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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 1954

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

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Table: TABLE VI Food and Drugs FOOD INSPECTORS' VISITS

TABLE VI Food and Drugs FOOD INSPECTORS' VISITS

Grocers518
Dairies (Milk Distributors, etc.)109
Ice Cream104
Fish Premises8
Chemists27
Shops and Stalls1,120
Miscellaneous832
Slaughterhouses131
Cafes13
Butchers94
Pharmacy and Poisons17
Preserved, Pickled, etc., Premises14
Bakers28

Table: FOOD CONDEMNED AND DESTROYED

FOOD CONDEMNED AND DESTROYED

444 tinsTinned Meat
Tinned Vegetables360 tins
Cheese packets215 packets
Cheese338 lb.
Tinned Milk477 tins
Tinned Fruit1,162 tins
Tinned Jams80 tins
Meat2,243½ lb.
Fish Paste80 jars
Tinned Cream16 tins
Pickles6 jars
Tinned Cereals9 tins
Fish63½ stone
Flour299 lb.
Potatoes84 lb.
Tomatoes581 packets
Tinned Puddings28 tins
Tinned Fish180 tins
Jam11 jars
Tinned Soup117 tins
Tinned Tomatoes107 tins
Bacon806 lb.—2 ozs.
Ham86 1b.—13 ozs.
Peanut Butter8 jars
Baby Food960 tins
Pease Pudding1 tin
Fresh Fruit652 boxes
Cake30 lb.