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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
Poplar 1949
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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(c) Unsound Food.
On 226 occasions during the year unsound food was
examined by the Food Inspectors and appropriate action taken.
Details are given in the following table.
TABLE XIV. UNSOUND FOOD.
| Description of Article | Quantity | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Tons | Cwts. | Lbs. | |
| Bacon and Ham | - | - | 75 ½ |
| Cereals | - | 11 | |
| Cheese | — | _ | 24 |
| Chocolate and Confectionery | — | 18 | 73½ |
| Coconut | — | 5 | 10 |
| Dried Fruits | — | 2 | |
| Fish, Wet and Smoked | 1 | 1 | 54 |
| Flour | — | 1 | 22 |
| Haricot Beans | 1 | 5 | - |
| Meat | — | 14 | |
| Offal (Butchers) | — | 12 | 18 |
| Pea Flour | — | 3 | 56 |
| Peas (Dried) | — | 2 | - |
| Rabbits | — | 2 | — |
| Sugar | — | 4 | — |
| 6 | 4 | 110 | |
OTHER FOODSTUFFS—
| Cereals | 95 packets |
| Cheese | 19 packets and 2 tins |
| Chocolate and Confectionery | 158 packets and 54 bars |
| Crumpets | 500 |
| Eggs | 332 |
| Fish, Fish Pastes, Shellfish, etc | 29,979 tins, 72 jars, 100 gills. |
| Fish Cakes | 72 |
| Flour (Cake) | 164 packets |
| Flour (Wheat) | 36 bags |
| Fruits, Fruit Juices, etc. | 2,575 tins and 14 jars |
| Jams, Preserves, etc | 56 tins and 1 jar |
| Meats | 434 tins |
| Melons | 500 |
| Milk | 1,823 tins |
| Pickles, Sauces, etc | 1,884 jars, 45 tins, 3 casks, 52 kegs |
| Rabbits | 13 tins |
| Sausages | 20 tins |
| Soup | 109 tins and 168 packets of cubes |
| Vegetables | 7,238 tins |
| Sundry Foods | 281 packets, 144 tins, 36 tubes, 3 botts. |
(d) Food and Drugs Act.
A total of 670 samples (205 formal and 465 informal) were
procured under the Food and Drugs Act and submitted for
analysis by the Public Analyst. Twenty-one samples (12 formal
and 9 informal) were found to be adulterated.
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