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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 1965
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith Borough]
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Table 26. RODENT CONTROL - The following is a summary of the work for the year:
| TYPE OF PROPERTY | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Local Authority | Dwelling Houses | Business etc. | Totals | |
| Number of properties | 219 | 55415 | 8441 | 64075 |
| Number of complaints | _ | 1036 | 119 | 1155 |
| Number of properties inspected | _ | 1244 | 225 | 1469 |
| Found to be infested by rats, major | _ | _ | _ | _ |
| minor | _ | _ | _ | _ |
| Found to be infested by mice, major | _ | _ | _ | _ |
| minor | — | 486 | 58 | 544 |
| No. of properties treated | _ | 1060 | 136 | 1196 |
Table 27. Unsound Food Condemned 1965
| Bacon | 25 lbs. | Milk (fresh) | 6 pints |
| Baked beans | 19 tins | Milk | 13 tins |
| Biscuits | 185 pkts. | Milk Pudding | 1 tin |
| Bread | 2 loaves | Mincemeat | 5 tins |
| Butter | 14 lbs. | Pastry & pudding mixes | 56 pkts. |
| Cakes | 36 | Peas | 63 tins |
| Cereals | 88 pkts. | Pigs' heads | 30 |
| Cheese | 15 lbs. | Potato salad | 3 tins |
| Chicken (fresh) | 314 lbs. | Potatoes (crystals) | 80 lbs. |
| Chicken | 11 tins | Preserves | 11 tins |
| Chocolate | 140 bars | Ravioli | 2 tins |
| Chocolate drink | 1 tin | Rice | 30 tins |
| Coffee | 47 tins | Rusks | 4 lbs. |
| Cream | 219 tins | Sago | 5 tins |
| Fish (wet) | 749 lbs. | Salt | 10 pkts. |
| Fish | 47 tins | Sausages | 11 lbs. |
| Flour | 6 lbs. | Soft drink | 2 tins |
| Fruit (fresh) | 3,299 lbs. | Soft drink | 1 bottle |
| Fruit | 883 tins | Soup | 92 tins |
| Fruit juice | 83 tins | Tapioca | 3 pkts. |
| Fruit pies | 14 tins | Tea | 35 pkts. |
| Ham | 91 tins | Tomatoes | 284 tins |
| Herbs | 8 pkts. | Turkey (fresh) | 400 lbs. |
| Macaroni | 15 pkts. | Turkey | 1 tin |
| Mangoes | 215 pkts. | Vegetable salad | 3 tins |
| Mangoes | 115 tins | Vegetables (fresh) | 176 lbs. |
| Meat (fresh) | 5,631 lbs. | Vegetables | 168 tins |
| Meat | 433 tins | Vermicelli | 1 pkt. |
| Meat cubes | 288 pkts. | Vinegar | 2 bottles |
| Meat pies (fresh) | 3 | Yams (fresh) | 101 crates |
| Meat pies | 13 tins | Yams | 10 tins |
| FROZEN FOODS | |||
| Beefburgers | 424 pkts. | Meat | 223 pkts. |
| Cheeseburgers | 2 pkts. | Meat pies | 116 pkts. |
| Chicken | 38 qtrs. | Mousse | 126 pkts. |
| Chickens (whole) | 56 | Pastries | 34 |
| Chicken pies | 42 pkts. | Pastry | 144 pkts. |
| Chips | 128 pkts. | Peas | 1,172 pkts. |
| Cream cakes | 7 pkts. | Sausages | 15 pkts. |
| Fish | 799 pkts. | Sausage rolls | 52 pkts. |
| Fishcakes | 531 pkts. | Sponges | 54 pkts. |
| Fruit | 29 pkts. | Vegetables | 797 pkts. |
| Hamburgers | 87 pkts. | ||
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