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Finsbury 1937

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

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1935 Creamery Butter; Globe Artichokes; Jerusalem
Artichokes; Broad Beans; Purple Sprouting
Broccoli; Red Cabbage; Savoy Cabbage; Witloof
Chicory; Scotch Kale ; Mustard and Cress; Green
Peas; Sage; Table Swedes; Thyme; Celery;
Endive; Batavian Endive; Cabbage Lettuce;
Cos Lettuce; Marrows; Mint; Parsley; Seakale;
Spinach; Brussels Sprouts; Table Turnips; Perry;
Canned Fruits (Amendment); Bottled Fruits;
Bottled Vegetables; Caerphilly Cheese; Apples;
Dressed Poultry; Cheddar Cheese; Glasshousegrown
Tomatoes and Cucumbers; Blackcurrants;
Hot-house grapes.
1936 Cream Cheese; Malt Extract and Malt Flour;
Eggs-
1937 Eggs (Amendment Regns.) ; Derby Cheese ; Plums;
Wheat Flour and Wheat Flakes; Fruit Products;
Lancashire Cheese; Canned Vegetables; Wensleydale
Cheese; Leicester Cheese.
Certification of Articles of Food for Export.
The Medical Officer of Health has been nominated by the
Ministry of Health for the purposes of certifying foods and food
products exported to foreign parts.
Dr. C. O. S. Blyth Brooke, Tuberculosis Officer and Deputy
Medical Officer of Health, with the approval of the Ministry of
Health, has been designated to act as Certifying Officer in
connection with the export of meat food products to the United
States of America and Canada during the absence of the Medical
Officer of Health.
These products are usually Bovril, sides of bacon, or meat
essence. The number of certificates issued in 1937 was 347.
Most of these were for Australia. A few were issued for the United
States, Canada, France, Italy, Finland, the Philippine Islands,
Morocco, Chechoslovakia, Jersey, Demerara, and Denmark.