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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
Camberwell 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell.
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Particulars of Unsound Food Destroyed.
| Weight | Total Weight | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | Tons | cwts. | qtrs. | lbs. | Tons | cwts. | qtrs. | lbs. |
| Meat | ||||||||
| Beef | – | 9 | 3 | 23¼ | m | |||
| Liver (Pigs) | – | 3 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Liver | – | – | – | 16 | ||||
| Pork kidneys | – | – | 1 | 24 | ||||
| Kidneys | – | – | – | 22 | ||||
| Pork | – | 2 | 3 | 22 | ||||
| Sausages (Pork) | – | – | – | 3 | m | |||
| Sausages | – | – | – | 8 | m | |||
| Bacon | – | – | – | 20 | m | |||
| Ham (Sliced) | – | – | – | 8¼ | ; | |||
| – | 17 | 0 | 10½ | |||||
| Poultry | ||||||||
| Chickens (423) | – | 4 | 2 | 27 | ||||
| Turkey (1) | – | – | – | 11 | ||||
| – | 4 | 3 | 10 | |||||
| Fish | ||||||||
| Rock Salmon | – | 1 | 0 | 14 | ||||
| Skate | – | – | 3 | 14 | ||||
| Plaice | – | – | 3 | 0 | ||||
| Whiting | – | – | 1 | 21 | ||||
| Cod (fillets) | – | – | – | 9 | ||||
| – | 3 | 1 | 2 | |||||
| Fruit | ||||||||
| Bananas | 1 | 18 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Grapes | – | – | – | 10 | ||||
| Apricots | – | – | 2 | 27 | ||||
| Sultanas | – | – | 2 | 4 | ||||
| Currants | – | 1 | 3 | 11¼ | ||||
| Ground nuts | – | 3 | 1 | 25 | _ | . | ||
| 2 | 4 | 0 | 21¼ | |||||
| Tinned Foods | ||||||||
| Meat (various) 1,720 tins | 1 | 14 | 1 | 3¾ | ||||
| Ham, 54 tins | – | 3 | 1 | 24¾ | ||||
| Vegetables (assorted), 3,785 tins | 1 | 13 | 0 | 16¼ | ||||
| Fruit (various), 23,082 tins | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1¾ | ||||
| Milk (evaporated and condensed), | ||||||||
| 7,357 tins | 2 | 12 | 1 | 21¼ | ||||
| Cream, 43 tins | – | – | – | 17¾ | ||||
| Fish (various), 5,509 tins | – | 15 | 3 | 23½ | m | |||
| Jam (assorted), 867 tins | – | 7 | 3 | 16 | ||||
| Marmalade, 5 tins | – | – | – | 10 | m | |||
| 13 | 13 | 2 | 23 | |||||