Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wanstead and Woodford]
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"The sample possessed a slight but definite taste of disinfectant
or paraffin nature.
No abnormal smell was observed however with this sample in
either a cold or hot condition. Moreover, chemical analysis for tar
acid disinfectants yields only insignificant traces.
Whilst therefore this sample was objectionable on account of the
taste I am unable to say that the taint was sufficient to be of a harmful
nature."
The following is a list of the food samples during the year, together with the number of samples of each kind obtained:—
Bacon | 8 | Lemonade powder | 2 |
Gutter | 11 | Luncheon sausage | 1 |
Parley, ground | 2 | Macaroni | 2 |
Parley flakes | 1 | Margarine | 11 |
Cereal food | 1 | Milk | 8 |
Cheese | 11 | Oats, rolled | 1 |
Cooking fat | 11 | Oatmeal | 1 |
Crispbread | 1 | Pudding mixture | 3 |
Coffee | 2 | Sponge mixture | 2 |
Dates | 1 | Semolina | |
Dessert mould | 1 | Sugar | 11 |
Flour | 4 | Sausages | 3 |
Glace cherries | 1 | Sausage meat | 1 |
Jellies | 3 | Tea | 7 |
Jam | 1 | Vermicelli | 1 |
Surrendered Foods
FISH (Fresh)
Crab | 2 tins | ||
Cod | 9½ stone | Rockfish | 1 tin |
Haddock | 11½ stone | Codfish | 1 tin |
Kippers | 19½ stone | Sardines | 2 tins |
Cod liver roes | 8 tins | ||
Conger | 6 stone | Silver hake | 1 tin |
Whiting | 1 stone | Herring roes | 3 tins |
Catfish | 6 stone | Herring tidbits | 3 tins |
Dogfish | 6½ stone | Herring fillets | 15 jars |
Skate | 19½ stone | Fish (marinated) | 60 jars |
Fish cakes | |||
Herrings | 1 tin | ||
Herrings (kippered) Salmon | 6 tins | Apples | 3 boxes |
6 tins | Oranges | 1 case | |
Capefish | 1 tin | ||
Pilchards | 12 tins | ||
Cravfish | 1 tin | Dates | |
Crawfish | 1 tin | Figs | 18 lbs. |