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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
Stoke Newington 1961
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stoke Newington, The Metropolitan Borough]
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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. | |
|---|---|---|
| Cereals | 21 | 13 |
| Cheese | 60 | 0 |
| Fish | 303 | 6 |
| Fruit and Vegetable Juices | 456 | 5 |
| Fruit and Vegetables | 4,438 | 9 |
| Frozen Foods | 112 | 0 |
| Pickles | 34 | 10 |
| Jam | 204 | 13 |
| Meat, Tinned | 846 | 2 |
| Meat, Untinned | 322 | 7 |
| Milk | 409 | 9 |
| Paste and Sauces | 23 | 1 |
| Soup | 351 | 0 |
| Spices | 2 | 0 |
| Miscellaneous | 287 | 9 |
| Total | 7,873 | 4 |
FOOD AND DRUGS ACT SAMPLES 1961
| Articles | Formal | Informal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. Taken | No. Adulterated | No. Taken | No. Adulterated | |
| Almonds, Ground | - | - | 1 | - |
| Apples | - | - | 1 | - |
| Arrowroot | 1 | - | - | - |
| Beef Suet-Shredded | - | - | 1 | - |
| "Bi-so-dol" Mints | - | - | 1 | - |
| Black Pudding | - | - | 1 | - |
| Boracic Acid Powder | 1 | - | - | - |
| Butter | 1 | - | - | - |
| Camphorated Oil B.P. | - | - | 1 | - |
| Cheese, Halumi | - | - | 2 | - |
| Cheese & Onion Spread | - | - | 1 | |
| Chewing Gum | - | - | 2 | - |
| Chicken and Veal Pie | - | - | 1 | - |
| Chocolate Drink | 2 | - | - | - |
| Coffee, Instant | - | - | 1 | - |
| Colouring | - | - | 1 | - |
| Confectionery, Sugar | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| Carried forward | 6 | 1 | 15 | 1 |