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. | Condition. tons. | cwts. | qrs. | lbs. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bacon | rancid | 1 | 17 | ||
| Beef | bruised | 2 | 1 | 16 | |
| Beef | bone taini | 7 | 3 | — | |
| Brawn | decomposed | 3 | 11 | ||
| Butter | rancid .. .. ... | 2 | 6 | ||
| Cake | unwholesome | 3 | |||
| Cake flour | Sour, unsound | 1 | — | — | |
| Canned beans (containers blown, punctured or perforated | 14 | ||||
| „ chocolate spread | „ „ „ | 6 | |||
| „ fish | „ „ „ | 1 | 1 | 23 | |
| , fruit | „ „ „ | 3 | 2 | — | |
| „ fruit juice | „ „ „ | 2 | |||
| „ jam | „ „ „ | 2 | 1 | 5 | |
| „ marmalade | „ „ „ | 8 | |||
| „ meat | „ „ „ | 12 | 3 | 4 | |
| „ meat puddings | „ „ „ | 1 | |||
| „ milk | „ „ „ | 10 | — | 19 | |
| „ paste | 11 | ||||
| „ peas | „ „ „ | 23 | |||
| „ soup | „ „ „ | 1 | — | 7 | |
| „ spaghetti | „ „ „ | 3 | |||
| „ tomatoes | „ „ „ | 11 | |||
| ,, vegetables | „ „ „ | 9 | 3 | 1 | |
| Cereals | contaminated | 8 | |||
| Cheese | mouldy | 6 | 1 | ||
| Chickens | decomposed | 1 | 2 | 11 | |
| Cocoa | decomposed | 2 | |||
| Coffee | oil contamination | 7 | |||
| Coffee essence | unsound | 1 | |||
| Ducks | decomposed | 16 | |||
| Egg, dried | mouldy | 1 | |||
| Eggs | decomposed | 16 | |||
| Fat, cooking | unsound | 2 | |||
| Fish | decomposed | 1 | 8 | 2 | 17 |
| Fish cakes | decomposed | 1 | |||
| Flour | contaminated | 1 | 23 | ||
| Fruit | unsound | 1 | 2 | ||
| Fruit jam | unsound | 15 | |||
| Jam | unsound | 2 | |||
| Macaroni | unsound | 2 | 14 | ||
| Milk, dried | unsound | 2 | — | — | |
| Mutton | decomposed, etc | 1 | 22 | ||
| Oatmeal | stale | 2 | |||
| Orange juice | decomposed | 3 | |||
| Paste, meat | unsound | 7 | |||
| Pastry mix | unsound | 1 | |||
| Pickles | unsound | 1 | 3 | ||
| Powder, baking | deteriorated quality | 2 | |||
| Rabbits | decomposed | 6 | 21 | ||
| Salad cream | sour | 6 | 2 | 7 | |
| Sausages | decomposed | 12 | |||
| Sugar | contaminated | 1 | 19 | ||
| Sweets | broken glass contaminated | 15 | |||
| Tea | contaminated | 13 | |||
| Tripe | decomposed | 1 | — | ||
| Vegetables | decomposed | 23 | |||
| 5 | — | 3 | 4 | ||