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

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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

Lewisham 1949

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

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Table: Table 31

Table 31

WestNorthSouth
Cooked veal Foreign body in loaf Piecrust and pastry mixtureColander (suspected to be of faulty manufacture causing flaking of the surface)Cherries Sponge sandwich Stewed meat Stewed apple
LardFried fishMincemeat
PastryChocolate datesNational dried milk
Coffee and chicory essenceJellied eels Cockle brineCondensed milk Chocolate spread
Water from basement of a houseCockles Scotch oats SuetPastry mixture Beans in tomato Washing-up water

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Food poisoning
The following is a summary of cases of food poisoning investigated
during the year :—

Table: Table 32Outbreaks due to identified agents

Table 32

Outbreaks due to identified agents

12Bacterial toxinMeat
13SalmonellaDuck egg
14Salmonella? potted brawn. ? salad
142Presumably toxinSchool meal

Table: Outbreaks of undiscovered cause

Outbreaks of undiscovered cause

Number of outbreaksNumber of casesFood
12? Tinned stewed steak
12? stewed steak
141Cockles and/or mussels
125School meal
12Cockles and/or mussels