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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 1943
[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 |