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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 1943

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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Table: 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 and milkshops):—

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 and milkshops):—

Butchers2,244Bakers' Premises142
Fishmongers179Confectioners' Premises267
Fried Fish Shops94Markets315
Grocers1,781Hawkers' Carts & Barrows135
Greengrocers430Hotel and other Kitchens,
Poultry & Game Dealers.26etc.411
Cooked & Prepared MeatGeneral Shops166
Shops234Other premises68
Total:6,492.

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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.

Table: The following articles of food derived from all sources were found to be unfit for human consumption and disposed of during 1943:—

The following articles of food derived from all sources were found to be unfit for human consumption and disposed of during 1943:—

14 beef parts and trimmingsUnsound
328 lbs. beef offals (various)„
12 lbs. mutton parts„
1 mutton carcase„
13 lbs. pigs' offals (various)„
14 lbs. pork parts„
9,610 lbs. haddock, cod, whiting, herrings, etc.„
2,511 lbs. rabbits„
1,330 lbs. dates, prunes, peas, sultanas, etc.„
12,208 lbs. potatoes„
2,977 lbs. flour, cereals, etc.„
63½ lbs. poultry„
138 lbs. tea„
792 lbs. sausage, bacon, pies, etc.„
984 eggs„
362 lbs. cheese„
144 lbs. biscuits and cake„
2,479 lbs. sugar„
126 lbs. milk powder„
140 lbs. dried egg„
4,395 tins peas, beans, etc.„
2,288 tins fruit„
3,717 tins fish„
6,110 tins milk„
4,274 tins meat, etc.„
1,262 jars, bottles, packets jam, sauce, pickles, cocoa, etc.„
Total weight : 63,530½ lbs.„