Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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Unsound Food (contd.) | FRESH FOOD | CANNED FOODS |
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Grapefruit | — | 5cwts. |
Stock at Wharf | Condemned and destroyed | |
Oranges | — | 13 cwts. |
Stock at Wharf | Condemned and destroyed | |
Peas | 10 tons | — |
Stock at Wharf | Condemned - released for | |
animal feeding | ||
Tea | 10 cwts. | — |
Stock at Warehouse | Condemned and destroyed | |
Throat tablets | 19 cwts | — |
Stock at warehouse | Condemned and destroyed | — |
Ham | 4 cwts. | 16 cwts. |
Stock at shop | Condemned and destroyed | Condemned and destroyed |
Tomato Puree | — | 8 cwts |
Stock; at Wharf | Condemned and destroyed | |
Apricot pulp | — | 14 cwts. |
Stock at Wharf | — | Condemned and destroyed |
Apricots | — | 11 cwts. |
Stock at shop | — | Condemned and destroyed |
Orange Juice | — | 10 cwts. |
Stock at Wharf | Condemned and destroyed | |
Pineapple pieces | — | 7 cwts. |
Stock at Wharf | Condemned and destroyed | |
Desiccated coconut | 16 cwts. | — |
Stock at Wharf | Condemned and destroyed | |
Ham | - | 10 cwts. |
Stock at Warehouse | Condemned and destroyed |
The following is a summary of foods condemned as being unfit for human consumption:—
Feesh foods | Canned foods | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tons. | Cwts. | Qrs. | Lbs. | Tons. | Cwts. | Qrs. | Lbs. | |
Meat | 1 | — | 23 | |||||
Meat Products | 3 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 18 | 3 | 15 | |
Fruit | — | 7 | 14 | 2 | 6 | |||
Ham | 6 | — | 15 | 1 | 18 | 3 | 19 | |
Fruit Juice | — | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | |||
Vegetables | 10 | — | — | — | 7 | 3 | 25 | |
Gherkins | 2 | 20 | 3 | — | 24 |