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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 1962

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Deptford Borough]

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Table: TABLE VI Food and Drugs

TABLE VI Food and Drugs

FOOD INSPECTOR'S VISITS
Bakers34
Butchers44
Cafes9
Dairies34
Fisheries8
Grocers320
Ice Cream Premises63
Miscellaneous244
Pharmacy and Poisons8
Potted, Pickled, etc. Premises4
Shops and Stalls1,460
Sonne Dysentery Calls1,211
FOOD CONDEMNED AND DESTROYED
Bacon25 lbs.
Biscuits½ lb.
Butter24½ lbs.
Chickens20
Chocolate1 lb.
Fish—Fresh14 stones
Fish—Paste1 jar
Fruit—Fresh173 boxes
Fruit Squash2 bottles
Jams5 lbs.
Jams28 jars
Lard2½ lbs.
Margarine3½ lbs.
Marmalade8 lbs.
Meat—Fresh or Frozen775 lbs. 3 oz.
Meat Cooked1 lb. 4 oz.
Meat Pies22 only
Mincemeat1 jar
Onions383 boxes
Onions1,245 nets
Onions1,554 half nets
Pickled Beetroot2,187 pkts.
Potatoes201 baskets
Potatoes80 half bags
Sauces2 tins
Stuffing1 pkt.
Tinned Beans7 tins
Tinned Carrots6 tins
Tinned Cream11 tins
Tinned Fish10 tins
Tinned Fruit75 tins
Tinned Fruit Juice4 tins