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 Deptford, Metropolitan Borough of]
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place in the foodstuffs imported at the Wharf, and the following is a summary of the work done:—
Date. | Description. | Weight. | Examination. | Remarks. |
---|---|---|---|---|
Oct. 2 | Tinned plums | 4 tons | Part, thorough | 6 cwts. con- |
„ 3 | Tinned cherries | 25 tons | Part, 10 per cent. | demnecl |
„ 7 | Raspberry pulp | 4½ ,, | 10 per cent | 2 tins (20 lbs.) condemned |
„ 8 | Tinned vegetables | 25 cases | 10 per cent | . Satisfactory |
Biscuits | 50 cases | „ | „ | |
Chocolate | 30 cases | „ | „ | |
„ 9 | Yeast | 5 cases | Samples taken | „ |
Farina | 20 bags | 10 per cent | Satisfactory | |
„ 11 | Tinned gooseberries | 100 cases | „ | 2 tins (20 lbs.) condemned |
„ 15 | Tinned gooseberries | 61 cases | Satisfactory | |
Chocolate | 4 „ | „ | „ | |
Biscuits | 25 ,. | „ | „ | |
„ 17 | Tinned gooseberries | 100 „ | „ | „ |
18 | Tinned gooseberries in water | 191 „ | „ | 1 tin condemned |
22 | Do. do. | 250 „ | „ | 2 tins condemned |
Dates | 140 tons | „ | 2 tins condemned | |
Tinned vegetables | 36 cases | „ | Satisfactory | |
„ 25 | Tinned gooseberries in syrup | 75 cases | „ | |
Chocolate | 32 cwts | „ | )> | |
Dates | 3,500 lbs | „ | 5 J | |
„ 30 | Tinned plums | 95 cases | Thorough | 1 case of 6 tins (60 lbs.) condemned |
„ 31 | Tinned salmon | 200 „ | 10 per cent. | Satisfactory |
Gooseberries | 100 „ | n | „ | |
Cucumber in vinegar | 125 gals. | „ | ||
Vinegar | 70 „ | J? | „ | |
Mustard vegetable pre | 15 casks | „ | „„ | |
Nov. 5 | serve Gooseberries in syrup | 50 cases | „ | Samples taken |
Sultanas | 15 „ | „ | „ | |
Fruit tablets | 38 „ | „ | „ | |
Chocolate | 93 „ | „ | › |