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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 1962
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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Unsound Food (Contd. )
| Fresh Food | Canned Foods | |
|---|---|---|
| Pears | 4 Tons | |
| Stock at Wharf | Condemned and destroyed | - |
| Dates | 2 Tons 1 cwt. | - |
| Damaged by fire at sea | Condemned and destroyed | |
| Ham | - | 18 Tons 1 cwt. |
| Stock at Warehouse | Condemned and destroyed |
The following is a summary of foods condemned as being unfit for human consumption
| Fresh Food | Canned Foods | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tons Cwts. | Qrs. | Lbs . | Tons | Cwt s. | Qrs. | Lbs. | |
| Meat | 5 | 2 | |||||
| Meat Products | 7 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 14 | |
| Fruit | 6 2 | - | 17 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 17 |
| Vegetables | 2 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 27 | |
| Ham | 3 | 14 | 19 | 7 | 12 | ||
| Milk | - | 7 | - | 7 | |||
| Fish | 4 | 2 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 13 | |
| Soup | - | 1 | 3 | 3 | |||
| Cream | - | 27 | |||||
| Cereals | - | 4 | 2 | 23 | |||
| Dates | 2 7 | 1 | 7 | - | |||
| Fruit Juice | - | 16 | 2 | 19 | |||
| Fruit Pulp | 1 1 | 2 | 14 | 1 | |||
| Tomato Puree | - | 13 | 2 | 6 | |||
| Miscellaneous | 2 | 1 | — | ||||
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