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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
Hampstead 1921
Report for the year 1921 of the Medical Officer of Health
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The following table shows the number of persons receiving free dinners or other food (excluding milk) during each month of the year:—
| Month. | Number of women receiving help. | |
|---|---|---|
| Dinners. | Other Food (e.g., Oatmeal, Cocoa). | |
| January | 7 | 9 |
| February | 10 | 11 |
| March | 14 | 10 |
| April | 10 | 9 |
| May | 9 | 18 |
| June | 8 | 24 |
| July | 9 | 20 |
| August | 7 | 33 |
| September | 9 | 36 |
| October | 10 | 28 |
| November | 3 | 23 |
| December | 1 | 29 |
Unsound Food Seized or Surrendered.
The following is a list of food seized or voluntarily surrendered
during the year:—
Beef, corned, 6 lbs.
Chutney, 4 bottles.
Fish, 25 stone 2 lbs.
Flour, 1715 packets.
Meat, potted, 2 jars.
Onions, 4 jars.
Rabbits, 54, and 1 cwt. 40 lbs.
Tinned foods —
Beef, 7 tins.
Cream, 12 „
Fish, 19 „
Fruit, 112 „
Milk, 27 „
Vegetables, 1 tin.
Other, 2 tins.
Food Premises.
Section 8 of the London County Council (General Powers) Act,
1908, very considerably increased the power of Sanitary Authorities
to improve and maintain the condition of food premises. These