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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
Crayford 1952
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Crayford]
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Meat and Other Foods.
The following articles were found during the year to be unfit for human consumption.
| Beef | 121½ lbs. | Tinned Luncheon Meat | 79 lbs. |
| Pork | 518½ lbs. | ||
| Sausage Meat | 78 lbs. | Tinned Vegetables | 68 lbs. |
| Mutton | 58 lbs. | Tinned Baked Beans | 19½ lbs. |
| Lamb | 328 lbs. | ||
| Rabbits (24) | 48 lbs. | Jam and Marmalade | 28 lbs. |
| Offal | 44 lbs. | ||
| Eggs | 352 | Fruit and Fruit Juices | 154½ lbs. |
| Bacon | 128½ lbs. | ||
| Cheese | 27½ lbs. | Tinned Jellied Veal | 14 lbs. |
| Sultanas | 32 lbs. | ||
| Prunes | 114 lbs. | Tinned Stewed Steak | 10 lbs. |
| Flour | 39 lbs. | ||
| Fish | 91 lbs. | Tinned Soups | 5½ lbs. |
| Semolina | 59 lbs. | Tinned Peeled Shrimps | 21 Tins |
| Tinned Fish | 7½ lbs. | ||
| Tinned Pork | 38½ lbs. | Meat Paste | 2 Jars |
| Tinned Ham | 122½ lbs. | Tinned Milk | 23 Tins |
| Tinned Sausages | 2½ lbs. | Miscellaneous Articles | 12 |
In addition to the above, 3 quarters of beef, 1 lamb and
1 pig carcase considered unfit for ration issue was returned
to the Meat Depot for regrading and re-allocation to manufacturers.
1 box of butter was also returned to the wholesalers
for salvage. 15 pigs were slaughtered during the year,
all carcases being passed as fit for human consumption with
the exception of two livers affected with cirrhosis.
Keeping of Pigs.
An application to keep pigs on land adjoining children's
playing fields was refused. The applicant appealed against
the decision and a local enquiry was arranged in conjunction
with the Ministry concerned, but the application was withdrawn
before the appeal was heard.
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