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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
Hornsey 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]
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FOOD PREMISES
Inspections of food premises were made during the year as follows:—
Butchers' Shops 80 Restaurants, Cafes, etc. 136
Grocers' Shops 221 Bakehouses 32
Fish Shops 48 Milkshops 43
Greengrocers' Shops 90 Other Food Premises ... 65
Cooked Meat Shops 14 Ice Cream Premises ... 123
Total Inspections Made—852
The following is a list of food condemned as unfit for human consumption. Wherever possible this was disposed of as salvage :—
| Canned Vegetables ... | 532 | 7 | Rabbits | 163 | — |
| Canned Fruit | 762 | 9 | Bacon | 44 | 12 |
| Canned Fruit Juice | 43 | 14 | Pickles | 78 | 15 |
| Canned Meat | 1,355 | 8 | Salad Cream | 8 | 15 |
| Canned Fish | 45 | 4 | Chocolate Spread | 1 | 2 |
| Canned Milk | 462 | 3 | Sandwich Spread | 3 | 4 |
| Canned Soup | 47 | 11 | Paste | 30 | 15 |
| Canned Marmalade | 77 | — | Cocoa | 8 | — |
| Canned Jam | 98 | 2 | Mincemeat | 266 | — |
| Canned Xmas Pudding | 581 | — | Spices | 12 | — |
| Dried Milk | 112 | — | Mustard | — | 13 |
| Dried Fruit | 137 | 5 | Pepper | 7 | — |
| Dried Vegetables | 68 | — | Cake Mixture | 48 | — |
| Cheese | 50 | 2 | Pudding Mixture | 5 | 2 |
| Margarine | 33 | — | Custard Powder | 6 | — |
| Butter | 18 | — | Gravy Powder | 20 | 9 |
| Fats | 7 | — | Flour | 262 | — |
| Tea | 51 | 8 | Biscuits | 21 | — |
| Sugar | 39 | — | Sweets | 45 | 10 |
| Cereals | 68 | 2 | Olives | 1 | 2 |
| Golden Syrup | 2 | — | Tomatoes | 1,222 | — |
| Meat | 1,556 | 9 | Apples | 83 | — |
| Fish | 801 | — | Bananas | 1 | — |
| Poultry | 281 | 8 | |||
| TOTAL Food Condemned—9,570 lbs. 15 ozs. | |||||
306 visits were made to food premises in connection with condemnation.
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