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 Beckenham]
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Brought forward 8 Brought forward 100
Bun Flour 1 Sausage Meat (preserved) 4
Butter 7 Sausage meat (not preserved) 2
Cake Mixture 2 Savoury Fish Roll 1
Cake & Pudding Mixture 1 Scone Mixture 1
Currants 1 Semolina 1
Demerara Sugar 2 Soya Flour 1
Golden Syrup 1 Sponge Mixture 1
Granulated Sugar 2 Sultanas 1
Honey 1 Tea 1
Lard 4 Yorkshire Pudding 1
Lemon Cheese 1
Malt Vinegar 1 Formal Samples 114
Margarine 2
Milk 65 Informal Samples ... 0
Mustard, loose 1
Carried forward 100 Total 114
MEAT INSPECTION.
Except for " emergency killing " the slaughterhouses in the
district are closed. On 17 occasions animals were dressed for food
when 50 pig's were slaughtered. In 1 case diseased conditions were
found.
OTHER FOODS.
18
The shops and premises where food is kept were frequently
inspected and a large quantity of food unfit for human consumption
was surrendered. A considerable proportion was put to some
useful purpose.
Article
No. of Tins,
Packages, etc.
Lbs.
Pork
403½
Sausage Meat or Sausages
158 ¼
Beef
238
Mutton or Lamb
163¼
Liver
92
Brawn
10
Sirloin
14
Veal
737
Hearts
46
Pluck
8
Forequarter
172
Turkey
. 1
12
Tongues
12
Polony
10
Fowls
1 case
100
Sausage Rusk
784
Forcemeat
9
2¼
— 11
2,960
Fresh Fish, etc.
2,679
Fats, etc
1 677
1,800¼
Cereal Goods ,etc.
4.215
6,607
Tinned Fish
505
330½
Tinned and Fresh Fruit
80
1,632¼
Tinned and Fresh Vegetables
363
5,551
Tinned Meat and Other Preserves
1,208
1,985
Miscellaneous
4.043
1,996¼
12,102
25,541¼
Total
11 tons, 8 cwts., 7½ lbs.