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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
Croydon 1940
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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General Food Inspection.
The following table gives a summary of the inspections made during the year (not including visits made to slaughterhouses or dairies, cowsheds nd milkshops):-
| Butchers | 781 |
| Fishmongers | 187 |
| Fried Fish Shops | 123 |
| Grocers | 1170 |
| Greengrocers | 611 |
| Poultry and Came Dealers | 36 |
| Cooked and Prepared Moat Shops | 203 |
| Bakers' Premises | 168 |
| Confectioners Premises | 622 |
| Markets | 219 |
| Hawkers carts and barrows | 157 |
| Hotel and other Kitchens etc | 359 |
| Ice Cream Manufacturers and Vendors | 258 |
| General Shops | 295 |
| Other premises | 57 |
| 5251 |
GOVERNMENT MEAT DEPOT.
All meat supplied to the traders in Croydon passes through the
above Depot. Examination is carried out by an Inspector, who is
practically engaged full time on this part of the work.
The following articles of food were condemned and disposed of during 1940.
| 81 beef parts and trimmings | Unsound. |
| 126 lbs. beef kidneys | ,, |
| 195 lbs. beef livers | ,, |
| 2974 lbs. beef offals (various) | ,, |
| 275 lbs. veal offals (various) | ,, |
| 3380 lbs. mutton parts | ,, |
| 7 mutton carcases | ,, |
| 10319 lbs. mutton offals (various) | ,, |
| 4 pork carcases | ,, |
| 875 lbs. pig offals (various) | ,, |
| 1542 lbs. pork parts. | ,, |
| 3572 lbs. bacon and ham. | ,, |
| 861 lbs. haddock, cod etc. | ,, |
| 92 lbs. butter. | ,, |
| 197 tins etc. peas, plums,pineapple etc. | ,, |
| 105 tins sardines, salmon etc. | ,, |
| 40 tins milk and cream. | ,, |
| 355 packets cheese etc. | ,, |
| 230 lbs. sweets. | ,, |
| 270 lbs. chestnuts. | ,, |
| 200 lbs. blackcurrants. | ,, |
| 102 lbs. chickens, pies etc. | ,, |
| Total Weight 22,523ΒΌ lbs. | |
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