London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Holborn 1953

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

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Unsound Food—continued.

Commodity.Tons.Cwts.Qtrs.Lbs.
OTHER FOOD.
Baby Foods———9½
Baked Beans-—31¾
Biscuits——1½
Butter———24
Cheese——225¾
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Cocoa
Cooking Fat—12—
Fruit Juice——-2
Jam and Preserves——-12
Margarine——224
Mincemeat——-6
Mustard (French)——-10¼
Paste——-23¾
Pickles———¾
Pimentos———3¾
Puddings (Mixed fruit and Apple)———19¼
Pumpernickel (tinned)—_—5½
Ravioli———17½
Rice———1
Salad Cream——1_
Sandwich Spread—115¼
Soup———15¾
Suet (tinned)_——21½
Sugar———20
Tomato Juice, Puree, Sauce and Paste-612½
Treacle-——2
Total10732¾

Quantity of fruit and vegetables (tinned and fresh goods) damaged by fire. Approximate
weight one ton.