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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 1959
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Deptford Borough]
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TABLE VI. Food and Drugs FOOD INSPECTOR'S VISITS
| Slaughterhouse | 120 |
| Grocers | 381 |
| Bakers | 23 |
| Shops and Stalls | 1,040 |
| Miscellaneous | 391 |
| Butchers | 32 |
| Pharmacy and Poisons | 8 |
| Cafes | 1 |
| Dairies | 11l |
| Potted, pickled etc., premises | 3 |
| Ice Cream | 57 |
| Fish shops | 4 |
| FOOD CONDEMNED AND DESTROYED | |
| Tinned Pease Pudding | 24 tins |
| Tinned Cream | 3 tins |
| Tinned Fish | 31 tins |
| Tinned Fruit | 116 tins |
| Tinned Fruit Pulp | 9 tins |
| Tinned Meat | 244 tins |
| Tinned Milk | 131 tins |
| Tinned Rice | 4 tins |
| Tinned Soups | 6 tins |
| Tinned Vegetables | 178 tins |
| Cheese | 6½ lbs. |
| Fish | 64 stone |
| Fresh Fruit | 1,289 packages |
| Meat | 494½ lbs. |
| Onions | 3,174 x ½ bags |
| Onions | 200 bags and 9 cases |
| Jam | 13 lbs. 12 ozs. |
| Potatoes | 93 crates and 118 bags |
| Meat Pies | 6 |
| Xmas Puddings | 3 |
| Xmas Cakes | 1 |
| Sausages | 2 lbs. |
| Dried Fruit | 180 lbs. |
| Royal Victoria Yard (Admiralty) | |
| FOOD FOUND FIT FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION | |
| Apple Packs, Solid | 162 tins |
| Bacon, tinned | 329 tins |
| Bacon and Beans | 94 tins |