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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 1957

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]

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Table: Unsound food The Council's Pood Inspector is called upon to pass judgment of fitness on great quantities of food. Frequently large and valuable stocks are involved. Among special lots of food examined during the year were the following:-

Unsound food The Council's Pood Inspector is called upon to pass judgment of fitness on great quantities of food. Frequently large and valuable stocks are involved. Among special lots of food examined during the year were the following:-

Cheese (Stock at Shop)10 cwtsCondemned and destroyed.
Flour (Stock at Wharf)7 cwtsCondemned and destroyed
Ham (Stock at Shop)51/2 cwtsCondemned and destroyed.
Frozen Egg (Stock at Firm)51/2 cwtsCondemned and destroyed.
Tomato Puree (Stock at Wharf)10 cwtsCondemned and destroyed.
Apricot Pulp (Stock at Wharf)16 cwtsCondemned and destroyed.
Dutch Potatoes (Stock at Wharf)24 tonsCondemned and destroyed.
Sugar (Stock at Firm)27 cwtsCondemned and destroyed.