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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
Tottenham 1927
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]
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46
UNSOUND FOOD.
The Sanitary Inspectors have seized or had brought to them for
condemnation the following articles:—
Meat:— Fish:—
2 Pigs. 14 boxes Kippers.
56 lbs. Pork. 3 trunks Cod.
8 Pigs' Heads. 1 barrel, 1 box and
6 Ox Livers. 14 stone Skate.
88 lbs. Beef. 1 box Hake
1 leg and 16 lbs. Mutton. 4 boxes Fish Roes.
1 trunk Haddock.
case Norway Herrings.
6 bags Winkles.
1 bag Whelks.
28 lbs. Rock Salmon.
Fruit and Vegetables:—
73 boxes Tomatoes.
4 boxes and 22 lbs. Apples.
3 boxes Pears.
64 baskets Strawberries.
27 baths Peaches.
23 Grape Fruits.
14 bags Walnuts.
10 bags Savoys.
1 box Lettuce.
FOOD AND DRUGS.
I am obliged to the County Council (who are the authority for administering the provisions of the Sale of Food and Drugs Act, 1875), for the following information respecting samples taken in Tottenham:—
| Name of Article. | Samples | |
|---|---|---|
| Taken. | Found Adulterated. | |
| Milk | 348 | 11 |
| Milk, Separated | 1 | — |
| Cream | 9 | 1 |
| Butter | 7 | — |