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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 1961
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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Summary of condemned foods (contd.)
| Fresh foods | Canned foods | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tons. | Cwts. | Qrs. | Lbs. | Tons. | Cwts. | Qrs. | Lbs. | |
| Tea | 18 | 3 | 20 | — | ||||
| Confectionery | 1 | 2 | — | — | ||||
| Throat tablets | 19 | 14 | — | |||||
| Fruit pulp | 12 | 2 | — | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | |
| Lard | 2 | — | ||||||
| Cheese | 1 | 15 | — | |||||
| Fish | 1 | 14 | 13 | |||||
| Glucose | 3 | 1 | 20 | — | ||||
| Dried Fruit | 1 | 1 | 18 | — | ||||
| Milk | — | 1 | 2 | 8 | ||||
| Cereals | — | 3 | 3 | |||||
| Cream | — | 1 | 4 | |||||
| Soup | — | 3 | ||||||
| Desiccated coconut | 16 | 1 | — | — | ||||
| Turkeys | 1 | 2 | 22 | — | ||||
| Miscellaneous | — | 1 | 10 | |||||
This summary differentiates only between canned food and others; foods
preserved by salt, sugar, dehydration, etc., being included under the heading
"Fresh Foods".
DISPOSAL OP UNSOUND FOOD.
The bulk of the food condemned as being unfit for human consumption is
removed from the premises concerned and destroyed by the Borough Engineer's
refuse disposal service as trade refuse and the cost of removal is charged
to the owners in accordance with the Council's fixed scale of charges.
In special cases, where large quantities of food are condemned, arrangements
may be made under suitable guarantees from the owners, for the foods
to be utilised for animal feeding or non-edible industrial purposes such as
soap, starch, or manure making.
ICE CREAM.
The sale of "soft" ice cream, frozen upon extrusion to 19°F. as against
12°F. for the hardened brick or carton has arisen at a tremendous rate within
the last year or so and all major manufacturers are competing in this market.
Our own local manufacturer has a franchise to produce soft ice cream
mix with distribution rights in an area roughly comprising the Midlands and
Southern England.
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