London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Wimbledon 1948
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]
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Meat and Other Foods.
The following inspections of food premises etc., were made by
the Sanitary Inspectors during 1948:—
Inspections of Dairies 64
Inspections of Food and Food Premises 931
Visits to obtain samples of Food and Drugs 155
Inspections under the Shops Acts, 1912/1938 80
Visits to premises where ice cream is manufactured
or sold 157
The following is a list of the unsound food surrendered for destruction during the year:—
| Meat | 147 lbs. |
| Minced Meat | 160 lbs. |
| Sausage and sausage meat | 20 lbs. |
| Bacon | 86½ lbs. |
| Rabbits | 45 |
| Fowls | 10 |
| Fish | 311 stones |
| Prawns | 132 lbs. |
| Various tinned foods | 2,821 tins |
| Pickles | 67 jars |
| Fish paste | 5 jars |
| Jam | 54 lbs. |
| Bottled fruit | 13 bottles |
| Cereals | 226 lbs. |
| Butter, cooking fats, etc | 9 lbs. |
| Eggs | 404 |
| Dried eggs | 7 packets |
| Cheese | 59 cartons |
| Sugar | 13£ lbs. |
| Flour | 6 lbs. |
| Bread Tomatoes Fish cakes | 300 quarterns 390 lbs. 72 |
Various bottles of vinegar, coffee, salad cream, etc.
During the year the slaughtering of thirty-six pigs at various Pig
Clubs in the Borough was supervised by the Sanitary Inspectors.
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