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Stoke Newington 1957

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stoke Newington, The Metropolitan Borough]

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29
CONDEMNED FOOD
The following is a list of foods condemned during the year by the Public Health Inspectors
as being unfit for human consumption:-
Lbs.
Ozs.
Bacon
490
8
Cereals
65
14½
Cheese
213
—
Fat Products
1
4
Fish
506
15½
Fruit and Vegetable Juices
97
3½
Fruit and Vegetables
7,385
13
Frozen Foods
2,660
—
Jam
153
12
Meat, Tinned
4,257
4
Meat, Untinned
218
13
Milk
2,250
12
Paste and pickles
11
13
Soup
335
5½
Miscellaneous
122
5

Table: FOOD AND DRUGS ACT SAMPLES 1957

FOOD AND DRUGS ACT SAMPLES 1957

ArticlesFormalInformal
No. TakenNo. AdulteratedNo. TakenNo. Adulterated
Butter2-1-
Cheese--1-
Confectionery--1-
Cream--1-
Jam--2-
Lard1---
Margarine2---
Milk39-15-
Tea--1-
Vinegar--1-
Cocoa--1-
Fat, Compound--1-
Tomato, Puree--1-
Jelly--1-
Meat, Tinned--1-
Pepper--1-
Vegetables, Preserved--1-
Sausages, Pork1---
Curry Powder--1-
Coffee--1-
Ice Cream--8-
Sauce, Tomato--1-
Mayonnaise--2-
Lemon Curd--1-
Oil, Olive--2-
" Frying--1-
Soup--2-
Butter Almonds--1-
Ground "--2-
Fruit, Tinned--2-
Flour, Plain--1-
Lemon Juice--1-
Mustard--1-
Drugs--3-
Ground Ginger--1-
Lemon Barley Water--1-
Carraway Seeds--1-
Glace Cherries--1-
Pickles--1-
Sugar, Icing Christmas Pudding--1-
--1-
Peel, Chopped--1-
Total45-68-