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 Tottenham]
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Bacon | 771½ lbs. | Lard | 8 Packets |
Bacon & Vegetables | 24 Jars | Macaroni | 120 Packets |
Beverages | 60 Jars | Mayonnaise | 2 Jars |
24 Packets | Meat | 1019 lbs | |
Blancmange | 5 Packets | Meat Paste | 3 Jars |
Butter | 1 Packet | Meat Processed | 12 Jars |
Cheese | 39 lbs. | Milk & Cream | 12 Jars |
32 Packets | Mint | 12 Jars | |
Chickens | 24 | Pickles | 63 Jars |
Chocolate Spread | 12 Cartons | Preserves | 142 Jars |
Cornflour | 16 Packets | Rice | 4 Packets |
Custard Powder | 10 Drums | 84 lbs | |
8 Cartons | Rice Pudding | 24 Packets | |
Currants | 29 Packets | Salad Cream | 41 Jars |
Dates | 6 Boxes | Sandwich Spread | 8 Jars |
Eggs Chilled | 5 Cases | Sausages | 1 Jar |
Fish | 19 Stones 4 lbs. | Soup | 7 Packets |
2 Jars | Stuffing | 82 Packets | |
Frozen Foods | 510 Packets | Suet | 36 Packets |
Fruit Mixed | 55 J ars | Sweet Mix | 3 Packets |
Gherkins | 1 Jar | Tapioca | 4 Packets |
Honey | 2 Jars | Tomato Sauce | 24 Bottles |
Horseradish | 49 Jars | Vegetables | 1 Jar |
Instant Whip | 18 Packets | Vermicelli | 5 Packets |
J ellies | 24 Packets | Yeast | 49 lbs. |
Legal Proceedings
Food and Drugs Act 1955
(a) Chocolate containing mould and larvae: plea of Guilty, fined £5.
(b) Black grease in loaf of bread - "not of substance"; plea of Guilty, fined £5 with
£5.5.0 costs.
(c) Sale of mouldy cake; plea of Guilty, fined £10 with £5.5.0 costs.
(d) Sale of bread roll containing wood screw; plea of Guilty fined £5 with £2.2.0 costs.
Food Hygiene (General) Regulations 1960 - 5 summonses
(e) Found Guilty on one summons and fined £2. No costs were awarded. Four
other summonses dismissed.
Food Sampling
The Public Control Department of the County Council has supplied the following
table of information on food and drugs sampling in the borough during 1962:-