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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 1958
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chislehurst]
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Details of the various items are given below. 16 cwts 1 qtr. 25 lbs. were rendered unsound due to contamination by flood water.
| Item. | tons. | cwts. | qrs. | lbs. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bacon | 1 | 3 | 2 | |
| Biscuits, Cake | 4 | 2 | 26 | |
| Canned Apricot Pulp | 11 | |||
| Canned Fish | 2 | 13 | ||
| Canned Fruit | 1 | 1 | 3 | 19 |
| Canned Meat | 1 | 1 | — | 21 |
| Canned Milk | 3 | 1 | 14 | |
| Canned Vegetables | 1 | 7 | — | 9 |
| Cereals | 3 | — | 18 | |
| Cheese | 3 | 4 | ||
| Cornflour | 1 | 1 | 26 | |
| Dried Fruit | 4 | 1 | 25 | |
| Dried Milk | 1 | 2 | 14 | |
| Dried Pulses | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| Fish | 2 | — | 11 | |
| Lard | 1 | 20 | ||
| Margarine | 20 | |||
| Meats (cooked) | 7 | |||
| Meats (fresh) | 2 | 1 | 11 | |
| Poultry | 4 | 1 | 19 | |
| Rice | 2 | — | — | |
| Salt | 1 | 25 | ||
| Sausages | 3 | 17 | ||
| Sugar | 2 | 1 | 6 | |
| Sugar Confectionery | 1 | 7 | ||
| Tea | 1 | 2 | ||
| Miscellaneous | 1 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 9 | 2 | 18 |
Where the items concerned are suitable for the purpose, they
are supplied to a local pig keeper and used as animal feeding stuff,
following treatment by him.
Seven hundred and ninety-six Food Surrender Certificates were
issued.
MEAT INSPECTION.
No slaughtering was carried out in the district during the year.
Routine inspection of meat has been carried out in butchers'
shops, etc.