London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Bexley 1946

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bexley]

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TABLE No.4.

Infectious Diseases.
Cases removed to Isolation Hospitals62
Houses visited including revisits617
Rooms disinfected79
Notices delivered to Education Authorities, etc.304
Houses at which defective sanitary conditions were found1

TABLE No. 5.

Food Inspection.

The following is a summary of unsound food surrendered from the Meat Depot, Shops, Stores, etc.

Meat Depot.
Beeflbs. 456
Corned Beef„ 2,306¾
Offal" 18
Lamb" 28
Pork54
Shops and Stores, etc.
Beeflbs. 697½Meattins 130
Mutton and Lamb"37Fish" 469
Corned Beef"254¼Milk„ 759
Sausage Meat"31Vegetables„ 495
Luncheon Sausage, etc."Soups„ 153
Meat and Vegetables„ 49
Chitterlings"238
Fats"315Fruit„ 98
Meat Pie"6Preserves„ 257
Poultry"64Picklesjars 15
Fish"4,536Saucesbots. 33
Bacon"222Pastes tins and jars 10
Cheese"110Puddingstins 4
Sugar"140Fish Cakes32
Dried Peas, Beans, Lentils, etc."140Miscellaneous Itemsjars 12
pkts. 22
Cereals"56Flourlbs. 438
Bread"118Biscuits„ 15
Beverages"4Dried Fruit„ 170
Egg Powder"112Syrup„ 112
Chocolate"56Jelly" 72
Eggs139