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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

Carshalton 1946

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Carshalton]

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Food Inspection.

Table: The following articles of food found to be unsound, diseased or unwholesome and unfit for human food, were surrendered and either destroyed or taken charge of by the Ministry of Food Salvage Department, or so disposed of as to prevent them from being used for humanfood:—

The following articles of food found to be unsound, diseased or unwholesome and unfit for human food, were surrendered and either destroyed or taken charge of by the Ministry of Food Salvage Department, or so disposed of as to prevent them from being used for human

food:—

Fishcans210Muttonlbs.3½
Fruit,,44Oatmeal,,117
Jam,,16Oranges,,224
Marmalade,,8Pork,,10
Meat,,171Rabbit,,30
Milk,,864Rusks, Nursery,,11
Pudding,,11Semolina,,60
Soup,,34Sugar,,1,560
Vegetables,,474Sweets,,17½
FishStones9Tea,,4
Baconlbs.18½Lemon Curdjars1
Beef,,556Mustard,,21
Biscuits,,15Mustard Pickle,,201
Bread,,734½Salad Dressing,,2
Butter,,½Bengers Foodtins1
Butter Beans,,59Bospur,,1
Cheese,,155Honey,,6
Cocoa,,9¼Paste,,328
Dates,,168Custard Powderpkts.59
Dried Egg,,15Gravy Powder,,43
Dried Fruit,,73Jelly Crystals,,26
Dried Peas,,3-FOrange Flavouring,,6
Flour,,240Pudding and Cake Mixture,,166
Flour, Soya,,180
Soup Powderpkts.26Spiced Anchoviesbotts.18
Wheat Flakes,,13Eggs, Shell432

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Bakehouses.
The five bakehouses in the district all received periodical inspection.
No special action was called for during the year.
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