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Tottenham 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]
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Liver 2
Lobster 1
Macedoine 12
Tongues 28
Veal 29
Mixed Vegetables 47
Other articles of food condemned were as follows:-
Beef 2,172 lbs.
Beef Pat 15½ lbs.
Beverage Powder 1 Jar
Cake 320 lbs.
Cashew Nuts 1 lb.
Cheese 10 lbs.
Cheese Spread 1 Pkt.
Chocolate 7¾ cwts.
Chocolate Biscuits 4 lbs.
Christmas Pudding 1 only
Cornflakes 9 Pkts.
Dates 3 Cases
Eggs 720
Pish 42 Stone 3 lbs.
Fruit 227 Jars
Pruit (Dried) 192 lbs.
Fruit Juice 5,587 Gallons
Ham 592½ lbs.
Hearts 10½ lbs.
Horseradish Cream 2 Jars
Lamb 4 lbs. 6 ozs.
Liver 83 lbs.
Meat (Processed) 20 lbs. l0ozs.
Milk (Dried) 65 lbs.
Nuts 4½ lbs.
Pea Flour 106 lbs.
Pigs Plucks 141 lbs.
Pork 268¾ lbs.
Pork Trimmings 192 lbs.
Rabbit 60 lbs.
Sausages 2 lbs.
Sweet Siftings 2 tons
Swiss Rolls 187
Tea 2 lbs.
Tongues 50 lbs.
Turkey 14 lbs,
Food Sampling
The Public Control Department of the Middlesex County Council has
supplied the following information of food and drugs sampling in the Borough
during 1953:-
FOOD AND DRUGS ACTS, 1538 - 1950
Lists of samples procured in the Borough of Tottenham during the year 1953
| Article | Total samples procured | Unsatisfactory |
|---|---|---|
| Milk (various) | 157 | 9 |
| Almond Oil | 1 | - |
| Baking Powder | 1 | - |
| Cakes (various) | 46 | - |
| Cheese | 3 | - |
| Cherry Wine | 1 | - |