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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
Deptford 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Deptford, Metropolitan Borough of]
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| Description. | Weight. | Examination. | Remarks. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Figs | 1000 „ | 10 per cent. | |
| Sausage Casings | 29 casks | 10 per cent. | |
| Fish | 821 cases | 10 per cent. | |
| „ | 1633 „ | Overside | |
| Honey | 13 „ | 10 per cent. | |
| Biscuits | 2243 „ | 10 per cent. | |
| „ | 33 „ | Overside | |
| Grape-fruit | 746 „ | 10 per cent. | |
| Butter | 366 „ | 10 per cent. | |
| „ | 900 „ | 2 per cent. |
II. Unsound Food.
Regular supervision of all food premises and street traders is maintained,
and tradesmen are encouraged to seek the opinion of the
Inspectors as to any food considered suspect, with a view to its
surrender and destruction.
The following quantities of food were voluntarily surrendered
during the year:—
Meat Meat
Beef, 16 lbs. Sheep's lungs, 3 sets
Bullocks' mesenteric fat, 1 set Veal, 15 lbs.
Bullocks' livers, 41
Bullocks' lungs, 6 Fish
Bullocks' offal, 3 sets Shake
Bullocks' heads and tongues, 9 Herrings, 45 1bs.
Bullock (entire), 1 Fowl
Ham, 17½ lbs. Chickens, 14
Meat, 1 cwt. 3 qrs, 16 lbs. Turkeys, 10
Pigs (entire), 3
Pigs' plucks, 5 Fruit
Pigs' livers, 11 Tomatoes, 2 cwt. 21 lbs.
Pigs' heads, 2
Pigs' lungs, 9 Vegetable
Pork, 50 lbs. Celery, 3 cwt.
Cauliflowers, 4 cwt. 3 qrs.