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 Coulsdon]
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UNSOUND FOOD.
The following unsound foods were surrendered during the year, the total bulk being less than that surrendered in 1953:—
cwts. | lbs. | ozs. | |
---|---|---|---|
Canned Soups | – | 4 | 7½ |
Canned Meat | 2 | 94 | 9 |
Canned Fish | - | 13 | 3½ |
Canned Vegetables | - | 94 | 10 |
Canned Fruits | 3 | 108 | 8¾ |
Canned Milk and Cream | - | 67 | 8 |
Meat, Bacon, Poultry, etc. | 11 | 103 | 10 |
Fish | 1 | 97 | 14 |
Meat and Fish Pastes | - | - | 5¼ |
Butter, Fats and Cheese | 1 | 46 | 9½ |
Sugar, Jam, etc. | - | 36 | - |
Flour, Bread, Cereals and Biscuits | - | 11 | 6 |
Pickles and Sauces | - | 5 | 10 |
Dried Fruit | - | 35 | 12 |
Eggs | - | 5 | 4 |
Coffee | - | 2 | 8 |
Miscellaneous | - | 18 | 4 |
Total | 24 | 74 | 1½ |
All unsound food, with minor exceptions, is disposed of at
the Council's refuse destructor at Kenley.
FOOD AND DRUGS ACT, 1938.
The following samples were taken during 1954 and submitted to the Public Analyst, with the results shown:—
Article. | Analysed. | Non-Genuine. | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Formal. | Informal. | Total. | Formal. | Informal. | Total. | |
Almonds, ground | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
Apricots, dried | 2 | — | 2 | — | — | — |
Aspirin Tablets | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Beans in tomato sauce | 2 | — | 2 | — | — | — |
Beer | 3 | — | 3 | — | — | — |
Bread | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — |
Bread and Butter | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
Butter | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — |
Cake | 2 | — | 2 | — | — | — |
Cake decorations, edible | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
Cheese | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
Cherries, glace | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
Coconut, dessicated | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
Cod liver oil and malt | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — |