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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
Ruislip-Northwood 1954
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ruislip]
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11. MEAT AND OTHER FOODS
There are no slaughterhouses or wholesale meat depots
in this District. Food shops, restaurants and premises
where food is prepared, stored or sold have been frequently
inspected and found to be generally satisfactory.
The following items of foodstuffs, amounting to 2 tons 4 cwts. 0 qr. 16 lbs., were examined in retail shops as a result of complaints from the shopkeepers or the public, and were condemned:
| 1,335½ | lbs. | Meat |
| 463½ | lbs. | Tinned Meat |
| 84½ | lbs. | Offal |
| 21½ | lbs. | Sausages |
| 14¼ | lbs. | Tinned Sausages |
| lb. | Poultry | |
| 108 | lbs. | Rabbit |
| 4½ | lbs. | Meat and Fish Paste |
| 332¾ | lbs. | Fresh Fruit |
| 12¼ | lbs. | Dried Fruit |
| 806¾ | lbs. | Tinned Fruit |
| 19 | lbs. | Tinned Fruit Juice |
| 104¾ | lbs. | Soup |
| 13 | lbs. | Pickles, Sauces, etc. |
| 472¼ | lbs. | Tinned Vegetables |
| 2 | lbs. | Synthetic Cream |
| lb. | Potato Crisps | |
| 3 | lbs. | Cake Mixture |
| lb. | Pudding Mixture | |
| 350¼ | lbs. | Fish |
| 43½ | lbs. | Tinned Fish |
| 392½ | lbs. | Tinned Milk |
| 32¼ | lbs. | Cheese |
| 60 | Eggs | |
| lb. | Dried Egg | |
| 63 | lbs. | Cereals |
| 9¼ | lbs. | Tinned Cream |
| 69½ | lbs. | Marmalade |
| 128¾ | lbs. | Jam and Mincemeat |
| 1½ | lbs. | Honey |
| 11 | lbs. | Syrup |
| 10 | lbs. | Flour |
| 4½ | lbs. | Tinned Pudding |
| 14½ | lbs. | Biscuits |
| 2 | lbs. | Butter |
| 22 | Beef Cubes | |
| lbs. | Shredded Coconut | |
| 3 | lbs. | Salad Dressing |
| lb. | ||
| 85 | Milk Chocolate Mallows | |
| 5½ | lbs. | Junket Powder |
| 1 | lb. | Jellies |
6 Bottles (78 fl. ozs.) Lemon Squash
2 Bottles (26 fl. ozs.) Ginger Wine
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