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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 1948

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chislehurst]

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Table: APPENDIX 4. UNSOUND FOOD—CONDEMNED.

APPENDIX 4. UNSOUND FOOD—CONDEMNED.

Item.Tons.cwts.qrslbs.
Beef (unsound bone taint)-1528
Canned bacon (containers blown, punctured Canned fish do. do-2124
perforated)--116
„ fruit do. do.-317
„ fruit juice do. do.-1125
„ meat do. do.-12215
,, meat and vegetables do. do---1
„ milk do. do.-5-3
„ . preserves do. do.-134
„ soup do. do.-1-24
„ vegetables do. do.111119
„ jam do. do.-226
„ 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.--23
„ tomatoes do. do.--35
„ beans do. do.---23
„ chocolate spread do. do.---2
„ marmalade do. do.---13
„ sweet phat do. do.---2
Cheese (mouldy)--218
Fish (decomposed)110227
Mutton (unsound)-1124
Pickles (decomposed)--21
Rabbits (decomposed)--326
Butter (rancid)---2
Barley (unsound)---26
Pastry Mixture (unsound)---1
Lentils (unsound)--211
Soyagetti (glass contamination)---12
Dried Eggs (contaminated)---1
Cooking Fat (contaminated)---1
Margarine (contaminated)---1
Prawns (decomposed)--221
Semolina (mites)---1
Sugar (contaminated)-4-2
Breakfast cereals (mouldy)---20
Sugar confectionery (contaminated)---9
Dates (unsound)---20
Jam (mouldy)--18
Peaches (mouldy)---3
Poultry (unsound)---5
Prunes (mouldy)--24
Tomato ketchup (fermented)--211
Cheese (unsound)---7
Bacon (contaminated)--_-1
Chickens (unsound)---10
Ducks (unsound)-1-7
Prunes (decomposed)---7
Cereals (unsound)---6
Liver (cirrhosis)---13
Cocoa (mouldy)--215
Dried egg (unsound)---26
Orange Juice (unsound)---25
Prunes (unsound)---10
Chocolate (contaminated)-_--1
Dates (mites)---5
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