Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hampstead Borough]
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Article Quantity
Meat Liver 12 lbs. )
”Mutton 87 lbs. )
" Ox Brains 95 lbs. )
" Ox Heart 605 lbs. )
” Ox Liver 122 lbs. ) Total
" Ox Tongue 607 lbs. )
" Pigs Hearts 126 lbs. ) 7,239½
" Pork 671 lbs. )
" Rabbit 114 lbs. ) lbs.
" Sausages 106 lbs. )
Sheeps Plucks 38 lbs. )
" Sweetbreads 46 lbs. )
” Turkey 60 lbs. )
" Veal 5½ lbs.)
Milk 227 tins
Mincemeat 5 lbs.
Nuts 28 lbs.
Prunes 30 lbs.
Raisins277 lbs.
Rice 87 lbs.
Salt 15 packets
Sauerkraut 112 lbs.
Soup 50 tins
Spaghetti 25 lbs.
Sultanas 213 lbs.
Syrup 3 tins
Tea Cakes 242
Vegetables 621 tins.
Wherever possible, such food is salvaged for use either for
animal feeding stuffs, soap manufacturing or other industrial
purposes. Other condemned food is either destroyed at the Public
Health Station or removed to the Council's Dusting Wharf for
disposal with other trade refuse.
HOUSING
1. Total number of dwelling-houses inspected for
housing defects (under Public Health or
Housing Acts) 2,752
2. Number of dwelling-houses (included in (l)
above) which were inspected and recorded
under the Housing Consolidated Regs,1925
and 1932 (House to House Inspection) 166
3. Number of dwelling-houses found to be in a
state so dangerous or injurious to health
as to be unfit for human habitation Nil