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 Chislehurst]
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Fish: Tins punctured or blown | 2 | 0 | 3½ |
Fruit, Canned: Ditto | 5 | 1 | 0½ |
Jam, Canned: Ditto | 2 | 21½ | |
Meat, Canned: Ditto | 5 | 0 | 7½ |
Milk, Canned: Ditto | 16 | 2 | 27½ |
Soup, Canned: Ditto | 1 | 1 | 17½ |
Vegetables, Canned: Ditto | 5 | 2 | 5 |
Cheese: Mites, rancid, etc. | 4 | 0 | 4½ |
Chicken: Decomposition | 6 | ||
Chocolates and Sweets: Glass contamination | 1 | 1 | 14 |
Coffee: Decomposition | 8 | ||
Curry: Decomposed | 1 | ||
Dates: Ditto | 5 | ||
Eggs, Dried: Verminous | 1 | ||
Eggs, shell: Decomposed | 1 | 15½ | |
Eggs, shell: Glass contamination | 1 | ||
Fat, Cooking: Ditto | 10 | ||
Fish Cakes: Decomposed | 13 | ||
Fish, fresh: Decomposition | 7 | 2 | 3 |
Fish Loaf: Ditto | 1 | 17 | |
Flour: Verminous | 4 | 11 | |
Flour: Glass contamination | 1 | 0 | 22 |
Fruit, fresh: Ditto | 2 | 1 | 24 |
Fruit, dried: Ditto | 6 | ||
Gravy Powder: Decomposition | 3 | ||
Honey: Fermentation | 1 | ||
Horse Radish Cream: Unsound | 17 | ||
Jam: Glass contamination | 3 | ||
Jam: Decomposed | 16 | ||
Lemon Curd: Ditto | 1 | ||
Lentils: Glass contamination | 23 | ||
Margarine: Abnormal flavour | 1 | 1 | 17½ |
Marmalade: Unsound | 14 | ||
Meat Paste, Canned: Tins blown | 22 | ||
Meat Loaf: Tins blown or punctured | 4½ | ||
Meat Roll: Unsound | 3 | ||
Oatmeal: Verminous | 24 | ||
Oatmeal: Glass contamination | 5 | ||
Oats, rolled: Decomposition | 15 | ||
Peas: Glass contamination | 2 | 0 | |
Paste, fish: Decomposition | 1 | ||
Pancake Mixture: Verminous | 23 | ||
Pickle: Fermentation | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Pork: Tuberculosis | 1 | ||
Potato crisps: Rancid | 11 | ||
Poultry: Decomposition | 15 | ||
Prunes: Unsound | 10 | ||
Pudding Mixture: Mice damage | 1 | ||
Rabbits: Abscess | 3 | ||
Rabbits: Decomposed | 2 | 2 | 17 |
Rice: Contaminated by mice | 3½ | ||
Salad Cream: Rancidity | 4 | ||
Sauce: Decomposition | 25 | ||
Sauce, Tinned: Tins blown or punctured | 14 | ||
Sausages: Decomposition | 1 | 25 | |
Semolina: Decomposed | 2 | 2 | |
Stuffing: Glass contamination | 13 | ||
Sugar: Contaminated by mice | 12 | ||
Syrup: Decomposition | 1 | ||
Tea: Contamination by mice | 1 | 5 |