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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
Hampstead 1955
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hampstead Borough]
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UNSOUND FOOD SURRENDERED DURING 1955
Article Quantity
Butter 1 lb.
Cake Mixture 356 packets
Cheese 126 1bs.
Coffee 3 tins
Confectionery 48 1bs.
Dried Fruit: Raisins, Figs 20 lbs.
Fish; Tinned; Whiting;
Dog Fish 188 tins
32 stone
F1our 5 lbs.
Fruit; Fruit Juice 448 tins
Jam; Marmalade 36 tins
Macaroni l 1b.
Meat: Tinned: Bacon; Beef;
Chicken; Corned Beef;
Ham; Kidney; Lamb;
Mutton; Ox Cheek;
Ox Liver; Pork;
Salami; Sausages; 248 tins
Steak; Turkey; Veal 2,044 lbs.
Milk 102 tins
Mincemeat 1 tin
Nutmeg 23 packets
Pickled Herrings ½ barrel
Sauce 11 bottles
Sauercraut 112 1bs.
Smoked Saithe 1,536 packets
Tomato Puree 36 tins
Vegetables 503 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.