London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Kensington 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Borough]
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of the Peace who condemned it. A summons was issued and the
defendant was later fined £35. 0s. 0d. plus £5. 5s. 0d. costs.
Surrender
Any person having in his possession, food which is
diseased, unsound, or unfit for human consumption can, under
Section 180(8) of the Public Health (London) Act, 1936,
surrender it to the Council for destruction or other suitable
method of disposal.
During the year the following amounts of food were
surrendered and condemned as unfit for human consumption
| Food | Tons | Cwts. | Qrs. | Lb. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meat (Raw) | 3 | 12 | 3 | 9 | |||
| Meat (Tinned) | 1 | 9 | 3 | 8 | |||
| Bacon | 3 | 5 | |||||
| Ham | 9 | 1 | 20 | ||||
| Sausages | 7 | 1 | 16 | ||||
| Luncheon Meat | 1 | 14 | |||||
| Poultry and Rabbits | 1 | 10 | |||||
| Pish (Wet and Dry) | 15 | 2 | 11 | ||||
| Pish (Tinned) | - | 2 | 6 | ||||
| Pish (Shell) | 2 | 14 | |||||
| Soya Flour | - | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Figs | 1 | 1 | 19 | ||||
| Stilton Cheese | 6 | ||||||
| Beef Suet | 8 | ||||||
| Rice | 1 | ||||||
| Sauerkraut | 1 | 14 | |||||
| Biscuits | — | 11 | |||||
| Almonds | 2 | ||||||
| Lentils | — | 1 | |||||
| Butter | - | 7 | |||||
| Prunes | - | 15 | |||||
| Tea | 1 | 8 | |||||
| Margarine | 2 | ||||||
| Flour | - | 9 | |||||
| TOTAL: | 7 | 3 | 1 | 10 | |||
| Tins, jars, packets or cartons of fruit, vegetables and miscellaneous foodstuffs | 8,613 | ||||||
| Peaches | 57 boxes | ||||||
| Fish Cakes | 36 | ||||||
| Apricots, dried | 1 box | ||||||
| Buns | 128 | ||||||
| Bread | 8 loaves | ||||||
All food condemned as unfit for human consumption,
is collected by the Council, taken to their refuse destructor
in Wood Lane and destroyed. In no instance, were large
quantities of food involved, necessitating special
examination of stocks of food.