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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 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Crayford]
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The following articles were found during the year to be unfit for human consumption :—
| Beef | 683½ lbs. | "Frizets" | 25 ½ lbs. |
| Pork | 107 ¼ lbs. | Flour Mixture | 30 lbs. |
| Mutton | 7 lbs. | Tinned Peas | 29 lbs. |
| Lamb | 14 lbs. | Tinned Beans | 5 lbs. |
| Offal | 972 lbs. | Jam and Marmalade | 34¼ lbs. |
| Eggs | 115 | ||
| Bacon | 160 lbs. | Fruit and Fruit Juices | 78¼ lbs. |
| Cheese | 6 lbs. | ||
| Cooked Fat | 28 lbs | Tinned Stewed Steak | 3 lbs. |
| Fish | 154 lbs | ||
| Tinned Fish | 30 lbs. | Corned Beef | 10½ lbs. |
| Cooked Ham | 43 lbs. | Tinned Soup | 61 lbs. |
| Tinned Milk | 19 tins | Malted Food | 48 tins |
| Tinned Luncheon Meat | 84 lbs | Pickles | 12 jars |
| Confectionary | 48 | ||
| Rice | 14 lbs. | Miscellaneous Articles | 18 |
| Sponge Mixture | 14½ lbs. |
Ihe bulk of the food condemned was unfit for salvage
and had to be destroyed, but where possible, it is the practice
to use condemned food for animal feeding.
Slaughterhouses.
There are no Government slaughterhouses in the area,
but one existing slaughterhouse was used for cottagers pigs
slaughtered under licence.
17 pigs were examined and all found to be fit for human
consumption.
Licences granted by the Council under the Milk (Special Designation) Regulations, 1949/1953.
Supplementary :—
| Tuberculin Tested | 8 |
| Pasteurised | 9 |
| Sterilised | 9 |
| Dealers :— | |
| Tuberculin Tested | 4 |
| Pasteurised | 4 |
| Sterilised | 27 |
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