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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 1950

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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Table: General Summary of meat and other articles of food found to be unfit and condemned by the Inspectors during 1950:—

General Summary of meat and other articles of food found to be unfit and condemned by the Inspectors during 1950:—

Articles.Weight in lbs.
Diseased.Unsound.Total.
Beef40638984850486
Veal-3939
Mutton122051696389
Pork23932402633
Offal8335194784298
Fish—67196719
Fruit and Vegetables—72927292
Canned, bottled and packeted goods—4086540865
Other goods—1740917409
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The above includes—
Canned, bottled and packeted goods:
28,654 cans,
6,219 bottles, packets, etc.
Disposal of Condemned Foodstuffs.
The Meat was condemned at either the Public Abattoir, the
Ministry of Food Depot or at shops supplied therefrom and was
disposed of by the Ministry.
A fair proportion of the other foods condemned was dealt
with by firms who specialise in converting such into manures,
animal feeding stuffs, oils, etc.
MEAT INSPECTION.
This is carried out at the Public Abattoir, and the Government
Meat Depot from which all meat supplied to Croydon is
distributed. Butchers' shops are visited by the Sanitary Inspectors
to observe the condition of meat at time of sale.
The Public Abattoir was taken over by the Ministry of Food
in November, 1946, for the slaughtering of livestock, and during