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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 1957
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]
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Condemned Food
The bulk of the condemned tinned food comes from the wholesale
provision merchants and disposal of this foodstuff, as with
condemned meat, is dealt with at the Council disposal works.
The following is a summary of articles which were surrendered
by local food traders and condemned by the Public Health Department
during the year, namely:-
Tinned Articles
| Baby Food | 16 | Marmalade | 24 |
| Barley | 3 | Meat | 94 |
| Cereals | 1 | Milk | 689 |
| Chicken | 3 | Milk (Dried) | 14 |
| Cocoa | 2 | Paste | 28 |
| Cream | 21 | Processed Meat | 589 |
| Creamed Rice | 17 | Pease Pudding | 5 |
| Custard | 1 | Salad Cream | 62 |
| Pish | 252 | Salmon | 2 |
| Frozen Egg | 2 | Soup | 295 |
| Fruit | 3, 374 | Spaghetti | 23 |
| Fruit Juices | 37 | Sponge Pudding | 2 |
| Ham | 118 | Strained Food | 13 |
| Horseradish | 69 | Tomatoes | 1,338 |
| Jam | 28 | Tomato Juice | 8 |
| Kidney | 6 | Tomato Puree | 17 |
| Lemon Curd | 1 | Tongues | 23 |
| Liquid Egg | 28 | Vegetables | 1,520 |
| Macaroni | 1 | ||
| Bacon | 68¼ lbs. | Milk (Lacta) | 1440 boxes |
| Beef Fat | 46 lbs. | Pickles | 1 jar |
| Chicken | 16 lbs. | Pig (1) | 120 lbs. |
| Chocolate | 84 bars | Pigs' Heads | 7 |
| Fish | 33 lbs. | Pigs' Hocks | 24 lbs. |
| Ham | 116 lbs. 4 oz. | Pork | 42 lbs. |
| Honey | 1 jar | Prunes | 90 lbs. |
| Lambs" carcases | 95 | Sauces | 2 bottles. |
| Lambs plucks | 53 lbs. | Sausages | 10 lbs. |
| Lard | 50 lbs. | Teacakes | 320 |
| Meat | 1088 lbs. 5 oz. | Vermicelli | 27½ lbs. |
Food Sampling
The Public Control Department of the Middlesex County Council
has supplied the following information on food and drugs sampling
in the Borough during 1957:-