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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 1963
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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UNSOUND FOOD (Contd.)
Fresh Food
Melons
Stock at Wharf
Peeled Onions
Stock at Wharf
Chocolate Marzipan Bars
Stock at Warehouse
Gherkins
Stock at Wharf
5 tons 5 cwts. 1 qtr
Condemned and destroyed
3 tons 4 cwts.
Condemned and destroyed
10 cwts. 2 qtrs.
Condemned and destroyed
6 cwts.
Condemned and destroyed
The following is a summary of foods condemned as being unfit for human consumption: -
| Fresh Food | Canned Foods | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tons | Cwts. | Qtrs. | Lbs. | Tons | Cwts. | Qtrs. | Lbs. | |
| Meat | 2 | 1 | 2 | |||||
| Meat Products | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 3 | |
| Fruit | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 14 |
| Vegetables | 3 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| Ham | 11 | 12 | 3 | 23 | ||||
| Milk | 4 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Fish | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Soup | 1 | 2 | 2 | |||||
| Cream | 11 | 1 | 5 | |||||
| Cereals | 2 | 0 | 8 | |||||
| Fruit Juice | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 | ||||
| Confectionery | 10 | 2 | 24 | |||||
| Lard | 1 | 20 | ||||||
| Miscellaneous | 15 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 7 | ||