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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 1957
[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 — 3 1 13
Pork — 19 3 17½
Lamb — 2 1 7
Sausages — — — 24
Ham (Sliced) — — 1 0¼
Lambs' Liver — — — 8
Pigs'pluck - - 1 18
Ox kidneys — — 1 0
Tripe - 1 3 4
Bacon — 1 0 3
1 9 2 10¾
Poultry
Chickens (29) — — 3 19¼.
Turkeys (4) — — 1 26
— 1 1 17¼
FISH
Rock Salmon — 3 2 0
Skate — 1 1 21
Plaice — 1 0 2
Cod — 1 0 0
Cod (fillets) — — 1 14
Whiting - -3 14
Hake — — 1 0
Herring roes — — 10
— 8 2 5
VEGETABLES
Potatoes
1 0 3 22
Fruit
Figs - 2 0 0
Prunes - - - 9
Currants - - - 7
— 2 0 16
CANNED FOODS
Meat, 2,617 tins 1 18 2 27¼
Ham, 668 tins 3 8 3 24
Vegetables, 4,030 tins 1 13 1 5¾
Fruit, 6,401 tins 4 17 1 3¾
Milk (evaporated and condensed),
3,620 tins 1 8 0 27½
Cream, 10 tins — — 3¾
Fish,1,597 tins — 4 0 7
Jam, 2 tins — - - 2
Marmalade, 8 tins — - - 16
13 10 3 5