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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
Heston and Isleworth 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Heston and Isleworth]
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As my chief research worker had been trained in America naturally the Vitamin B compx
was put down as in the American fashion and subsequently had to be altered.
Below is an actual copy of an investigation card showing how things were carried out.
Front of Card.
| No. 159. | Fuel—Gas. | Main ingredients—Sticking ; Vegetables. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name of prepared food. Hash. | |||||||
| Materials. | Measure. | Weight. | Cost. | Calories. | Vitamin. | Totals. | |
| Sticking, Beef | l Ib. | 6d. | 1453.2 | A. D. | Pro: 87.335 per Id.—10.28 | ||
| Onions | ½ lb. | ½d. | 106.4 | B. | Cho: 87.96 | ||
| Carrots | ½1b. | Id. | 100.33 | B. | Fat: 157.33 | ||
| Worcester See. | 1 tsp. | ||||||
| P. & S. | Weight loss in cooking | ||||||
| Water | 1 pt. | ½d. | Actual | ||||
| Flour | 2 ozs. | 202.36 | Per Cent. | ||||
| Dripping | 1 oz. | 255.1 | Total | ||||
| Browning | ½tsp. | Calories: 2117.09 | |||||
| Time Taken. | Hours. | Minutes | Fuel Consumption. | Calories per Id.—249.0 | |||
| Preparation | 15 | Amount: 43.5 (159-161) | Initials. | ||||
| Cooking | 2 | 00 | Cost 1.871d. Allow ¾ | ||||
| Remarks | Cost—Food : 7¾d. | ||||||
| Fuel: ¾d. | |||||||
| Total Cost: 8½d. | E.H. | ||||||
| Method of preparation. | Utensils. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Cut meat into neat pieces and fry in dripping. Add vegetables cut in blocks and fry, then flour and brown it a little. Add water or stock and simmer till nearly done. Add salt and pepper and Worcester sauce, also a little browning if necessary, and finish cooking. | |||
| Report on cooked food by samplers. | |||
| A. | Excellent. This amount of sauce is perfect. Gravy right and meat tender. | ||
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| Comments. | Suggestions. | ||