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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
Chislehurst 1942
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chislehurst]
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| Fruit, dried: Mites | 3 | 14 | |
| Jam: Contaminated | 10 | ||
| Lamb: Decomposing | 1 | 2 | |
| Margarine: Rancidity | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Meat, cooked: Unsound | 1 | 0 | |
| Oats: Insects | 2 | 4 | |
| Oranges: Decomposed | 35 | ||
| Babbits: Decomposed | 6 | ||
| Sausages: Unsound | 24 | ||
| Sheep's Plucks: Decomposed | 15 | ||
| Tea: Mouldy | 11½ | ||
| Tomatoes: Unsound | 1 | 12 | |
| CANNED FOOD— | |||
| Beans: Unsound | 1 | ||
| Fish: Blown or punctured tins | 5 | 2½ | |
| Fruit: Blown or punctured tins | 1 | 3 | 7½ |
| Acidity | 5 | ||
| Swell | 4½ | ||
| Jam: Unsound | 5 | ||
| Decomposed | 17 | ||
| Meat: Blown or punctured tins | 5 | 2 | 13 |
| Meat roll: Unsound | 1 | 18 | |
| Milk: Blown, damaged or punctured tins | 7 | 1 | 26½ |
| Mutton: Decomposed | 2 | ||
| Pork Luncheon Meat: Unsound | 1 | 5 | |
| Pickles: Decomposed | 12½ | ||
| Soups and Stews: Blown or punctured tins | 3 | 27 | |
| Decomposed | 4 | ||
| Vegetables: Decomposed | 12 | ||
| Blown, damaged or punctured tins | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 14 | 3 | 0½ |
(iii) Food Sampling.
During the year a total of 193 samples of food and drugs were taken, the results being as follows:—
| Formal. | Informal. | Genuine quality. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coffee and chicory | 1 | - | 1 |
| Dessert powder | 1 | - | 1 |
| Custard powder | 1 | - | 1 |
| Milk | 77 | 2 | 79 |
| Sausage meat and sausages | 13 | - | 12 * |
| Butter | 8 | - | 8 |
| Peas, tinned | - | 3 | 3 |
| Bread | — | 1 | 1 |
| Salad cream | - | 1 | 1 |
| Lard | 2 | - | 2 |
| Savoury sandwich slice | - | 1 | 1 |
| Anti-Gas Ointment No. 2 | - | 12 | 12 |
| Haricot beans | — | 1 | 1 |
| Picnic roll | - | 1 | 1 |
| Cheese | - | 1 | 1 |
| Beans in tomato sauce | - | 1 | 1 |
| Baking powder | 1 | — | 1 |
| Malted Milk | - | 1 | 1 |
| Egg substitute powder | 1 | - | 1 |
| Condensed milk (sweetened) | - | 2 | 2 |
| Mustard cream | 1 | - | 1 |