Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[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 consumptions:—
Lbs. | Ozs. | |
---|---|---|
Cereals | 24 | 11 |
Cheese | 32 | 5 |
Fish | 150 | 13 |
Frozen Food | 594 | 10 |
Fruit and Vegetables | 4,459 | 14 |
Fruit and Vegetable Juices | 533 | 13 |
Jam | 544 | 3 |
Meat, Tinned | 957 | 12 |
Meat, Untinned | 131 | 5 |
Milk | 120 | 15 |
Paste and Sauces | 69 | 2 |
Pickles | 59 | 12 |
Soup | 260 | 12 |
Spices | 26 | 7 |
Miscellaneous | 13,451 | 1 |
Total | 21,417 | 7 |
FOOD AND DRUGS ACT SAMPLES 1963
Articles | Formal | Informal | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
No. Taken | No. Adulterated | No. Taken | No.Adulterated | |
Aspirin Tablets | - | - | 1 | - |
Batter Mix | - | - | 1 | - |
Beef, Minced | - | - | 1 | - |
Blackcurrant Drink | - | - | 1 | - |
Bubble Gum | - | - | 1 | - |
Cake Mix | - | - | 1 | - |
Cheese, Processed | - | - | 2 | - |
Chocolate Halva | - | - | 1 | - |
Chocolate Liqueurs | - | - | 2 | 2 |
Christmas Pudding | - | - | 1 | - |
Clementines | - | - | 1 | - |
Confectionery, sugar | - | - | I | - |
Corned Beef | - | - | 1 | - |
Crab, Dressed | - | - | 2 | - |
Cream Cheese | - | - | 1 | - |
Cream, Double | - | - | 1 | - |
Faggot | - | - | 1 | - |
Fruit, Canned | - | - | 5 | - |
Fruit Juice | - | - | 1 | - |
Glycerine, Lemon and Honey | - | - | 1 | - |
Carried forward | - | - | 27 | 2 |