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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APPENDIX 4. UNSOUND FOOD—CONDEMNED.
Item. | Tons. | cwts. | qrs | lbs. |
---|---|---|---|---|
Beef (unsound bone taint) | - | 15 | 2 | 8 |
Canned bacon (containers blown, punctured Canned fish do. do | - | 2 | 1 | 24 |
perforated) | - | - | 1 | 16 |
„ fruit do. do. | - | 3 | 1 | 7 |
„ fruit juice do. do. | - | 1 | 1 | 25 |
„ meat do. do. | - | 12 | 2 | 15 |
,, meat and vegetables do. do | - | - | - | 1 |
„ milk do. do. | - | 5 | - | 3 |
„ . preserves do. do. | - | 1 | 3 | 4 |
„ soup do. do. | - | 1 | - | 24 |
„ vegetables do. do. | 1 | 11 | 1 | 19 |
„ jam do. do. | - | 2 | 2 | 6 |
„ fish paste do. do. | - | - | - | 19 |
„ spaghetti do. do. | - | - | - | 1 |
,, beetroot do. do. | - | - | - | 2 |
„ meat paste do. do. | - | - | - | 21 |
„ peas do. do. | - | - | - | 11 |
„ pudding do. do. | - | - | 2 | 3 |
„ tomatoes do. do. | - | - | 3 | 5 |
„ beans do. do. | - | - | - | 23 |
„ chocolate spread do. do. | - | - | - | 2 |
„ marmalade do. do. | - | - | - | 13 |
„ sweet phat do. do. | - | - | - | 2 |
Cheese (mouldy) | - | - | 2 | 18 |
Fish (decomposed) | 1 | 10 | 2 | 27 |
Mutton (unsound) | - | 1 | 1 | 24 |
Pickles (decomposed) | - | - | 2 | 1 |
Rabbits (decomposed) | - | - | 3 | 26 |
Butter (rancid) | - | - | - | 2 |
Barley (unsound) | - | - | - | 26 |
Pastry Mixture (unsound) | - | - | - | 1 |
Lentils (unsound) | - | - | 2 | 11 |
Soyagetti (glass contamination) | - | - | - | 12 |
Dried Eggs (contaminated) | - | - | - | 1 |
Cooking Fat (contaminated) | - | - | - | 1 |
Margarine (contaminated) | - | - | - | 1 |
Prawns (decomposed) | - | - | 2 | 21 |
Semolina (mites) | - | - | - | 1 |
Sugar (contaminated) | - | 4 | - | 2 |
Breakfast cereals (mouldy) | - | - | - | 20 |
Sugar confectionery (contaminated) | - | - | - | 9 |
Dates (unsound) | - | - | - | 20 |
Jam (mouldy) | - | - | 1 | 8 |
Peaches (mouldy) | - | - | - | 3 |
Poultry (unsound) | - | - | - | 5 |
Prunes (mouldy) | - | - | 2 | 4 |
Tomato ketchup (fermented) | - | - | 2 | 11 |
Cheese (unsound) | - | - | - | 7 |
Bacon (contaminated) | - | - | _- | 1 |
Chickens (unsound) | - | - | - | 10 |
Ducks (unsound) | - | 1 | - | 7 |
Prunes (decomposed) | - | - | - | 7 |
Cereals (unsound) | - | - | - | 6 |
Liver (cirrhosis) | - | - | - | 13 |
Cocoa (mouldy) | - | - | 2 | 15 |
Dried egg (unsound) | - | - | - | 26 |
Orange Juice (unsound) | - | - | - | 25 |
Prunes (unsound) | - | - | - | 10 |
Chocolate (contaminated) | - | _- | - | 1 |
Dates (mites) | - | - | - | 5 |
6 | 4 | 2 | 26 |