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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

Greenwich 1957

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

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Table: Food Rejected.—The following table is a summary of unsound food voluntarily surrendered during the year under the provisions of the Public Health (London) Act, 1936, Section 180(8) most of which was processed and used for animal feeding:—

Food Rejected.—The following table is a summary of unsound food voluntarily surrendered during the year under the provisions of the Public Health (London) Act, 1936, Section 180(8) most of which was processed and used for animal feeding:—

Shops, Stalls, etc.:—
Meat—
Beef & Beef Trimmings32,634 lbs.
Sheep618 „
Ox & Sheep Livers40 „
Ox Tongue5 „
Poultry1,372¾ „
Pigs Kidneys268 „
34,937¾ lbs.
Other Foods—
Frozen Foods (Various)1,490 lbs.
Fruit Juices & Pulp121 „
Foods, (Various)1,529 „
Cooked Meats1,271 „
Dogfish126 „
Sultanas1,380 „
Pears (Canned)814 „
Cheese Trimmings90 „
Skate Wings62 „
Confectionery896
Butter50 „
Smoked Haddock Fillet130 „
Bacon & Cooked Ham22½ „
Tapioca36 „
Whiting56 „
Margarine48 „
Plaice28 „
Peeled Tomatoes (Canned)590 „
Mangoes34 „
Saveloy6 „
8,779½ lbs.
Total43,717¼ lbs.

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Compared with the previous year, the amount of meat rejected
rose by 21,296 lbs. during 1957, but the total of all food rejected fell
by 81,525¼ lbs.