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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
Hammersmith 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith Borough]
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(E) UNSOUND FOOD CONDEMNED—1953
| Bacon | 31 lbs. |
| Beans, dried | 3 lbs. |
| Beans, baked | 58 tins |
| Beverages | 1 tin |
| Biscuits | 53 lbs. |
| Butter | 41 lbs. |
| Cakes | 30 lbs. |
| Cereal | 157 lbs. |
| Cheese | 60 lbs. |
| Chickens | 30 |
| Cream | 5 lbs. |
| Cream | 15 tins |
| Custard Powders | 3 |
| Eggs | 9 cases |
| Eggs | 16 tins |
| Fat | 62 lbs. |
| Fish | 116 tins |
| Fish | 126 lbs. |
| Flour | 6 lbs. |
| Fruit, dried | 276 lbs. |
| Fruit, tinned | 1,108 tins |
| Fruit, pulp | 223 tins |
| Jam | 112 jars |
| Jelly | 2 pkts. |
| Meat, butcher's | 386 lbs. |
| Meat | 397 tins |
| Milk, powdered | 105 lbs. |
| Milk, tinned | 225 tins |
| Milk, bottled | 14 bottles |
| Mincemeat .. | 67 jars |
| Nuts | 100 lbs. |
| Peas, dried | 179 lbs. |
| Peas | 235 tins |
| Pease pudding | 8 tins |
| Pickles | 11 jars |
| Pudding Mixture ... | 8 pkts. |
| Salad Dressing | 12 jars |
| Sandwich Spread ... | 6 jars * |
| Sauce | 1 bottle |
| Sauerkraut ... | 70 lbs. |
| Sausages | 13 tins |
| Sausages | 1,615 lbs. |
| Soup | 41 tins |
| Soup, Mix. & Flav. | 100 lbs. |
| Spaghetti | 3 tins |
| Sugar | 336 lbs. |
| Sweets | 40 lbs. |
| Tea ... | 22 lbs. |
| Tomatoes | 140 tins |
| Tomato Juice | 2 tins |
| Tomato Puree | 2 tins |
| Tongue | 14 tins |
| Vegetables ... | 45 tins |