London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Barnet 1968
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnet]
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are opened and forced into a bottle they will not fall out when the bottle is inverted
during the normal washing process.
Burnt dough in bread and cakes is frequently mistaken for rodent dropping, and
all the complaints received alleging such contamination were found to be unfounded.
It is important that shopkeepers organise a coding system for perishable
foodstuffs, and ensure stock rotation in proper sequence. It is the failure to do this
which is responsible for the majority of complaints about stale or mouldy goods.
Food unfit for human consumption
The following list sets out the foodstuffs condemned during the year:—
| Meat | 2188 lbs |
| Offal | 51 lbs |
| Fish | 101 lbs |
| Poultry | 89 lbs |
| Fruit/fruit juices | 4289 |
| Meat | 393 |
| Vegetables | 3139 |
| Fish | 370 |
| Soups | 195 |
| Milk | 129 |
| Milk puddings | 489 |
| Coffee | 40 |
| Meat puddings/pies | 426 |
| Cream | 121 |
| Unidentified | 1163 |
| Fish/fish cakes | 4526 |
| Meat | 2114 |
| Puddings/pies | 552 |
| Vegetables | 3920 |
| Fruit | 617 |
| Confectionery | 3315 |
| Poultry | 712 |
| Cheeseburgers | 21 |
| Whole dinners | 17 |