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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
Acton 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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The amount of food-stuffs surrendered owing to deterioration
or damage is largely related to the extensive work of food manufacture
and distribution in the Borough.
Much inferior food material is received into the Borough for
manufacturing purposes on licence by Port Health Authorities and
subject to control by this Local Authority, and the Public Health
Inspectors carry out necessary examinations to ensure that only
sound material is used for human consumption.
There are two large wholesale grocery Depots within the
Borough, and hence surrenders of canned and packeted goods are
made to this Authority; these surrenders constitute the major part
of such foodstuff noted.
The following list collated for convenience shows some details of the surrendered food-stuffs:
| Bacon | 492 lbs. |
| Cream | 61 tins |
| Fish, wet | 15 stone |
| „ tinned | 738 tins |
| Flour and Flour Products | 77 tins |
| ,, | 54 pkts. |
| Fruit, tinned | 23,083 tins |
| ,, dried | 149 lbs. |
| Ham, tinned | 136 lbs. |
| Meat:— | |
| Fresh | 42,489 lbs. |
| Tinned | 972 tins |
| Corned beef | 220 tins |
| Offal | 270 lbs. |
| „ | 22 tins |
| Milk, Condensed | 1,028 tins |
| Pastes, Pickles, etc. | 116 jars |
| Poultiy:— | |
| Chickens | 3 lbs. |
| Preserves | 1,292 tins |
| Puddings, sweet and savoury | 104 tins |
| Soup, Strained Foods, etc. | 748 tins |
| Vegetables | 3,376 tins |
| Miscellaneous | 67 jars, etc. |